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Title: Snow in August by Pete Hamill ISBN: 0-446-60625-1 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.97 (130 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Captivating page turner. A can't put down book.
Comment: Pete Hamill has written a truly marvelous story. A real page turner hard to put down novel "Snow in August." has a remarkable feel for the late 1947s. How well I remember the snow storm in the days of that year traipsing blocks with my grandfather from Morris Avenue to Jerome Avenue in the Bronx to check on his car parked in a gas station lot. The friendship between Rabbi Hirsch and young Michael is heartwarming. Their friendship, Michael working as the Shabbos Goy, the rabbi teaching this 11 year old Irish alter boy Yiddish and Michael teaching him correct English and the in and outs of baseball is captivating. Terrorized by a local gang of anti-Semitic hoodlums the main characters are caught up in hate and violence that only a miracle can bring to an end. Michael questions why can't his comic book super heroes come to his aid. Instead he conjures up a golem, not unlike the golem of the past century from Poland, which was told to him by his rabbi friend. There is more. To tell more would ruin the book for you. You must seek it out in the book store or in your library's holdings. It's a must read. For me my next read will be the "Golem.
Rating: 4
Summary: A transcendent tale of faith and friendship
Comment: If you have a pulse, you will love this book. Whether you are from Brooklyn, Boston or Bangladesh, you will love this book. Whether you are Jewish, Catholic or Athiest, you will love this book! Pete Hamill does a fabulous job of harkoning us back to a simpler time (Brooklyn, circa 1947) without making us think that it was Utopia. The lead characters, Michael Devlin and Rabbi Hirsch, both are longing for acceptance and companionship. The Rabbi lost his wife in the Holocaust. Michael, the 11-year old protagonist of the story, lost his Father in the Battle of the Bulge. An unlikely meeting leads to a mutually beneficial relationship. The Rabbi fine tunes his English and learns the magical appeal of the game of baseball through the boy's teachings. Michael is equally enriched by falling under the spell of the Rabbi's stories and the Yiddish language. As outsiders, both revel in the exploits of Jackie Robinson, who breaks baseball's color line with his combination of skill and grace. Unfortunately, the duo learns that all is not wonderful and safe in postwar Brooklyn. A gang called the Falcons and their leader, Frankie McCarthy, intervenes with menacing intent. The gang inflicts serious beatings on the Rabbi and the boy and with threats of worse consequences lingering, Michael has to turn to his belief in one of the Rabbi's parables to save the day. It is a beautiful tale of friendship. Both lead characters are extremely likeable. The theme of overcoming all odds is exhilirating. Take the leap of faith and enjoy this wonderful novel.
Rating: 5
Summary: Snow in August by Pete Hamill
Comment: The neighborhood in which Hamill is writing about is where I grew up. I was raised around the corner from "the temple, the armory and the factory". I passed by the temple every day on my way to "Catholic school." I can hear a Rabbi blowing the Shofar. I climbed the fence in front of the factory in an attempt to collect my lost Spaldine. The comic books and the New York Yankees were a main stay with local kids. We dreamed of becoming the next Reggie Jackson and Thurmon Munson. We spoke the name Jackie Robinson in hopes that Ebbets Field would come alive again;"Shazam!" We "borrowed" our mother's broomsticks to play stickball.Dreamt of a time when the Dodgers would return home to Brooklyn. We lived a life in which all faiths integrated. Race discriminated amongst our elders. Baseball kept us grounded and occupied. There were local gangs.
The reality of "Snow in August" takes on the coldness of another's heart.This shares a common love of language;baseball or Yiddish-the words combine into a homerun at Ebbetts Field. The snow will melt your heart the same way Jackie Robinson stole the hearts of fellow Brooklynites.
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Title: Forever: A Novel by Pete Hamill ISBN: 0316735698 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Drinking Life : A Memoir by Pete Hamill ISBN: 0316341029 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Loving Women by Pete Hamill ISBN: 0786016388 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque ISBN: 0449213943 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Why Sinatra Matters by Pete Hamill ISBN: 0316738867 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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