Elizabeth Rosner discusses Blue Nude - Marlboro College (11/1/10)

www.marlboro.edu - Author Elizabeth Rosner describes the writing of his novel, Blue Nude, a historical novel, originally Rosner commitment to acts of Reconciliation Project, which brought together to address the second generation of Germans and Jews for their inspiration common heritage of World War II. The novel describes a meeting between a German painter of the postwar period and the Israeli model of life in Northern California. Both are struggling with their identity as an artistand expatriates, which afflicted by their experiences of war and loss, eventually discover that, even in the face of fear and desperation, the act of art can be a real chance of redemption and to bring healing. Since its publication in 2006 by Ballantine Blue Nude has enjoyed national recognition, including the appointment of one of the best books of the San Francisco Chronicle this year. It was launched in paperback book gallery (Simon & Schuster), in September again. Elizabeth Rosner is a best sellerNovelist, poet, essayist, lives in Berkeley, California. His first novel, The Speed ​​of Light (Ballantine 2001), has won numerous literary awards in the U.S. and Europe and has been translated into nine languages. His poetry, Gravity (Small Poetry Press, 1998), is currently 14 ° pressure. Rosner essays in The New York Times Magazine, Elle, the storm, Hadassah Magazine and has published several anthologies. Travel to conduct more intensive writing workshops, conferencemore ...