“This latest book by Appelfeld buttresses his well-deserved
reputation as a world-class writer.” —Jewish Chronicle

“Poignant and tender without being sentimental, the novel achieves its powerful emotive effects through simplicity and understatement—a beautiful read.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“A simple story that encapsulates the joy and sadness of a coming-of-age novel with the trauma of a world in the midst of destruction. The lean, spare prose does not shy away from harsh realities. . . . A powerful novel.” —Publishers Weekly

“The latest from acclaimed Israeli novelist Appelfeld is a haunting tale of love, loss, and resilience of the human spirit.” —Booklist

Since its founding, Pantheon Books has prided itself for offering varied works by the most innovative authors on the scene. This month is no exception, and the first three people who send us the correct answer will receive a copy of The Baseball Codes by Jason Turbow; Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa’Thiong’o; or Eddie Signwriter by Adam Schwartzman. Email pantheonpublicity@randomhouse.com with your response!

Wiesel’s A Mad Desire to Dance goes on sale in paperback from Schocken Books April 13.

Praise for Blooms of Darkness
“Aharon Appelfeld is fiction’s foremost chronicler of the Holocaust.
The stories he tells, as here in Blooms of Darkness, are small, intimate, and quietly narrated and yet are transfused into searing works of art
by Appelfeld’s profound understanding of loss, pain, cruelty, and grief.” —PHILIP ROTH

“This latest book by Appelfeld buttresses his well-deserved
reputation as a world-class writer.” —Jewish Chronicle

“A simple story that encapsulates the joy and sadness of a coming-of-age novel with the trauma of a world in the midst of destruction. The lean, spare prose does not shy away from harsh realities. . . . A powerful novel.” —Publishers Weekly

In his New York Times music review of this special concert, Stephen Holden says of David Lehman’s A Fine Romance: “A Fine Romance by David Lehman (Schocken Books, 2009) is an appreciative, scholarly study of traditional popular song that goes into considerable and enlightening detail about the intermingling of black and Jewish popular music, primarily from the first half of the 20th century.”

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Elie Wiesel is the author of more than fifty books, including his unforgettable international best-sellers Night and A Beggar in Jerusalem, winner of the Prix Médicis. He has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold Medal, and the French Legion of Honor with the rank of Grand Cross. In 1986, he received the Novel Peace Prize. He is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University.