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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel
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'In the tradition of The Reader comes a powerful coming-of-age novel set in post-World War II Europe, Israel and Australia. At the hospital bed of his comatose uncle, Laibel Goldenstein recounts their family's extraordinary journey from war-torn Europe to the fledgling state of Israel and then on to Australia. It is a cathartic tale of new beginnings, both for the family and their adopted homes, and the reader is plunged headlong into exotic, startling environments. Fresh and vibrant, alternately joyous and heartbreaking, this is a story of loss, but also of moving forward and 'coming to terms with one's exile'. Written in an intensely visual and engaging episodic style, Dancing with the Hurricane goes fearlessly into Lily Brett territory and emerges not just unscathed but triumphant. This compelling story is loosely autobiographical but has all the benefits of fiction in developing themes and a stunning array of images: of memory, hope, dashed dreams, and achievement - not to mention popular music - as Laibel struggles with a past he has previously attempted to suppress. It's an insightful blend of the public and the personal, the historical and the contemporary. Stylistically and thematically challenging, topical and ambitious, it is a novel which reconciles the present with the past, providing fresh perspectives on resettlement, 20th-century history and the ongoing rift between secularism and fundamentalism.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

  • Dedication: To the people who 'fell from God's hand'...and the others who continue to fall

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Pymble, Turramurra - Pymble - St Ives area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: HarperCollins Australia , 2004 .
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      Extent: 376p.
      ISBN: 0732280400

Works about this Work

Dance Strikes a Meaningful Balance Nicole Gershov , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 10 September vol. 70 no. 50 2004; (p. 24)

— Review of Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 September 2004; (p. 12)

— Review of Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
A Rich, Colourful Continental Shift Dan Silkstone , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 18 September 2004; (p. 4)

— Review of Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Silver Turns to Gold Meg Sorensen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 July 2004; (p. 10)

— Review of Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Struggling in the Shadows with the Dispossessed Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 July - 1 August 2004; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Fresh Fields Peter Kocan , 2004 single work novel ; Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Migrant Bildungsroman Judith Armstrong , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June-July no. 262 2004; (p. 45-46)

— Review of The Trembling Bridge Manfred Jurgensen , 2004 single work novel ; Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Weaving a Family Saga into Fiction Alana Rosenbaum , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Jewish News , 9 July vol. 70 no. 41 2004; (p. 21)

— Review of Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Paperbacks Veronica Sen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 25 July 2004; (p. 19)

— Review of A Tuesday Thing Kate Shayler , 2004 single work autobiography ; The Covenant Charles Inglis , 2004 single work novel ; Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Struggling in the Shadows with the Dispossessed Kerryn Goldsworthy , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 31 July - 1 August 2004; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Fresh Fields Peter Kocan , 2004 single work novel ; Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
Silver Turns to Gold Meg Sorensen , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 17 July 2004; (p. 10)

— Review of Dancing with the Hurricane : A Novel Leon Silver , 2004 single work novel
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