The Last of the Just: A Novel

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Summary: The best novel I've ever read
Review: There is a Jewish legend that there is a line of just men. This novel chronicles the tragic demise of the last of those just men (hence the title) at the hands of the Nazis. The story is thick with struggle and triumph, good and evil, joy and misery, but is never maudlin or melodramatic. Schwartz-Bart's words are like brush strokes in a painting, creating a cinematic cast, landscape, and sweeping emotion. In addition to being a gripping intrapsychic read, the book is an excellent individual-level history of the Holocaust--though fiction, it is remarkably true to reality and detail

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Summary: The Last of The Just
Review: This book captures the human spirit, at both its best and its worst. Schwarz-Bart is a masterful author in his telling of the tale of Ernie Levy, from birth and on. He also, shows us the readers the cruelty of nature that was the Nazi movement. It is unfortunate that so many people had to suffer so much through history as did the Jewish people. It is one might say not a fair trade for normal life to be a Just Man, although without them humanity would crumble, as future readers will find out their importance. And if there really are Just Men in our world...we really owe them a great deal of thanks for taking the pains of the world on their shoulders.