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The main body of the book covers a general examination of Jewish art and specifically attitudes towards art and the holocaust. The works themselves are not described in as much detail as I would have liked. It referes not just to the art of the holocaust but more general controversial works, and I feel at times the exhibition itself is neglected.
This is probably worth buying as a companion to the exhibition- it is certainly not a substitute for seeing the exhibition itself.
The book is well presented and clear, and is suitable from anyone aged about thirteen upward. One artworks does feature partial nudity, however, so more sensative readers should be warned.
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I think that this is a very good book for preschool to first grade children. It's an easy book to read and understand. It shows the benefits of sharing.
This book is directed more towards a younger audience. Therefore, it can be used in guided reading groups. It can also be used as a book that the teacher reads out loud.
There are also a few pages of different games, such as matching and rhyming, in the back of the book. As a teacher, one can do these particular activities after reading the book.
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Like the other crime novel I just read--Barbara Vine's Grasshopper--this book, amidst its mayhem, wants to take a look at confused youth of an earlier era. But this is the trimmer approach, and this time we get Nuri Iskirlak (Nuri bey), on the case. I enjoyed the opening chapters in Turkey, the mood and exotic environment being nicely handled, but the story is also quite interesting once Nuri is busy in unfamiliar Oxfordian territory. His culture shock even adds to the suspense: Nuri lures a gun-toting thug into the dark recesses of a bookstore, thinking he will be safe amongst other patrons, not realizing he will suddenly find himself alone and cornered, once the store is emptied and closed for lunch (Nuri and the gunsel are conveniently missed).
The surprises and clues occur amongst liberated 60s youth-culture, inside dusty mansions of concerned old aunts who have opinions on liberated youth, and wherever that persistent gunman can manage to box in Nuri.
This is not a brilliant novel; Joan Fleming's other book, Young Man I Think You're Dying, was, to my recollection, the more striking read (though I read it so long ago that I could not do a complete or fair review). Plus, Nuri is a bit of an offputting amateur sleuth, as he goes about seducing a widow the day her husband is killed. As fits his upbringing, he also doubts that women have souls--something that will certainly not endear him to every female reader, I'm sure. All this does make him memorable, though.
Both the Joan Fleming books I've sampled do exist in softcover.
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