Jason M. Thornberry

Seattle

Writer and Editor at Freelance

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Tempestuously, with Great Vehemence, by Anja Kapunkt

1 week ago | worldliteraturetoday.org | Maria Moran |Tomas Moniz |Jason M. Thornberry |Anna Voltaggio

after Mahler’s 5th Symphony, 2nd Movement – Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter VehemenzThe explosion had wrecked the whole street; only this one window was left undamaged. Clearly a shop window. The panes to the left and right, together with the door, had been blown in, as they had on all the other houses in the street. Just one grenade, he thought. And then he thought, Finish the job. With a quick jab of his rifle butt, he smashed in the remaining pane. It went down with a crash.
Out of the Shadows, by Lilach Galil

Feb 25, 2025 | worldliteraturetoday.org | Maria Moran |Tomas Moniz |Jason M. Thornberry |Anna Voltaggio

Lilach Galil’s 2009 novel, Betsilo (In its shadow), is a polyphonic novel told by the six main characters. Rona is a poet and a literary editor whose father, Michael, died when she was a child. Reading a memoir by a Holocaust survivor, Mr. Zimmerman, she feels that something is amiss and makes an appointment to meet with him. The excerpt is a description of their meeting. Unbeknownst to her, her boyfriend Idan is Eliezer’s grandson. This excerpt is at the core of the book.