Lewis M. Weinstein's Blog, page 13
November 26, 2014
* this wonderful Princeton Alumni Weekly article about John McPhee captures many of the feelings that make writing such a satisfying pleasure for me
https://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2014... *** Writing with the Master By Joel Achenbach ’82 … Published in the November 12, 2014, issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly *** For Princeton journalists, praise from John McPhee was — and is — the ultimate reward John McPhee ’53 has many moves as a writer, one of which he calls a “gossip ladder” — nothing more […]
November 24, 2014
* Lew’s review of “The Good News Club” … scary people doing reprehensible things
*** This book describes the activities of scary people, engaged in an activity I personally find reprehensible. Their goal is to take over the minds of the young children of America and inject their version of a Jesus-based religion. Anyone not part of their group, including most Christians who are not Christian enough, will […]
November 22, 2014
* Lew’s review of a biography of German socialist Rudolf Hilferding
*** In the course of an excellent biography of an obscure German socialist, Smaldone offers a clear analysis of the failure of the Social Democrats to counteract Hitler’s rise to power. Fighting with each other over Marxist theory, unable to find practical means to implement their principles, without anything approaching a charismatic leader, and afraid […]
November 12, 2014
* a 5 ***** review of THE HERETIC on Goodreads by Peggie Hart
Peggy Hart says … “I loved this book! Tells a part of European history I knew little about. “The Heretic” explains the rationale of the Catholic Church used to persecute the Jews of Spain. Lessons for our own time.” Lew says … Thank you, Peggy. Now, on to the sequel … THE POPE’S CONSPIRACY! *** […]
October 2, 2014
* Lew’s review of “Pierre and Luce” by Romain Rolland
*** This is a beautiful story about first love. Not a word is overdone. Feelings are allowed to reach the reader in the most delicate and precious way. Rolland’s words … “Through the portals of his eyes into his heart she entered, she entered all complete; and the door closed. Noises from without fell to […]
September 10, 2014
* Lew’s review of “POPE AND DEVIL – The Vatican’s Archives and the Third Reich” by Professor Hubert Wolf
to see more of Lew’s research for his new novel, click … ** RESEARCH for Lew’s NEXT NOVEL *** . POPE AND DEVIL is, of course, research for the novel I am currently writing, set in Germany and Poland during the Nazi years. The role of the Catholic Church in facilitating the rise of Hitler […]
August 20, 2014
* I just learned that my novel Hereje (The Heretic in Spanish) is available on kindle at amazon-spain
purchase for EUR 9,02 at … http://www.amazon.es/Hereje-Algaida-L... purchase for $5.99 (in English) at … http://www.amazon.com/Heretic-Lewis-M... . Here are some reviews from the Spanish site (my apologies for the automated translations) … . 5 ***** Emocionante y bien documentada, como dice el escritor, nadie le ha escrito para rebatir lo aportado en su novela, novela […]
* Lew’s review of “POPE AND DEVIL – The Vatican’s Archives and the Third Reich” by Professor Hubert Wolf
. POPE AND DEVIL is, of course, research for the novel I am currently writing, set in Germany and Poland during the Nazi years. The role of the Catholic Church in facilitating the rise of Hitler is an important theme in my book. My comments are at the bottom of this post. Prof. Wolf has […]
July 25, 2014
July 24, 2014
* Lew’s review of Dragon’s Teeth (part I) by Upton Sinclair … research for “An Untitled Novel”
I have read only that part of Dragon’s Teeth which carries the story to the spring of 1933, which corresponds with the time frame I am currently researching for my new novel. It is a spectacular book, showing through a very involved fictional family the horrors of Hitler achieving power. I was less interested in […]
