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Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved thousands of Budapest Jews in 1944-45, was arrested by the Soviets and taken to Moscow where he disappeared. Now, more than 70 years after these events, many mysteries about Wallenberg's life and fate persist. As both a literary detective story and historical investigation Alan Lelchuk uses a fictional investigation to explore what really happened.
Wallenberg Promotional Campaign results so far: CONFIRMED MEDIA Book Pleasures (blog) - review posted on 7/24 http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/7607/1/-Searching-for-Wallenberg-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html#.VbJW7jrbLIV . Tikkun Magazine - http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/fiction-as-a-means-to-uncover-the-truth The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Confronting-the-mysterious-412008 The Reporter Group - (publishes 5 Jewish newspapers in Pennsylvania, NY State and Connecticut) ran a review on 6/19: http://www.thereportergroup.org/Article.aspx?aID=3947 Jewish Book Council's website - posted a review http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/searching-for-wallenberg Hadassah - will be reviewed in Feb/March issue Historical Novels Review - feature was posted on 10/22: https://historicalnovelsociety.org/alan-lelchuks-searching-for-wallenberg-explores-historys-dark-unknowns/ Midwest Book Review - a review ran in the July 2015 issue of their monthly book review publication "Small Press Bookwatch:" http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/jul_15.htm#Fiction Teddy Rose Book Reviews Plus More - online giveaway June 8-22: http://theteddyrosebookreviewsplusmore.com/2015/06/giveaway-searching-for-wallenberg-by-alan-lelchuk.html#.VXWhujrbLIU. Teddy has over 1000 Facebook followers and more than 2500 Twitter followers. She also posted a review on 8/2: http://theteddyrosebookreviewsplusmore.com/?s=searching+for+wallenberg#.Vb-MVjrbLIV New Hampshire Public Radio - Alan taped an interview on the local "All Things Considered" that ran June 12th: http://nhpr.org/post/bookshelf-searching-raoul-wallenberg http://freshfiction.com/ - Alan wrote a guest post for this popular blog (over 9,000 Facebook followers and over 16,000 Twitter followers), which will be posted on their site on Monday, May 18th. Forbes.com - Tom Teicholz reviews the book and features the cover: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomteicholz/2015/04/30/the-enduring-mystery-of-raoul-wallenberg/ Jewish Book World - included in e-newsletter's recommended reading Foreword Reviews - a review will run in the Summer issue, which ships on May 18th.https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/searching-for-wallenberg/ Fresh Fiction blog - May 15th http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=7019 Jewish Book Council's Visiting Scribe Series - Alan wrote 3 blogs that will post the week of May 4th.http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/searching-for-wallenberg?A=SearchResult&SearchID=14799670&ObjectID=8433734&ObjectType=35 Valley News (Vermont) - article ran 4/24: http://www.vnews.com/photos/inthenews/16557363-95/the-wallenberg-mystery-dartmouth-authors-novel-looks-at-the-diplomats-life New York Journal of Books - http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/searching-wallenberg The Jewish Week - included in Spring Preview feature that ran 2/11 CONFIRMED EVENTS Stanford University/Taub Center for Jewish Studies - February 29, 2016 https://english.stanford.edu/events/searching-wallenberg-alan-lelchuk-0 Norwich Bookstore - April 29 at 7pm Denver Jewish Community Center, Book Fair, Speaker, October 18, 2015 Speaker at Annual Gelbart Lectures at University of South Florida,Tampa November 2, 2015 on Wallenberh. CONSIDERING REVIEW NPR's All Things Considered - Alan is in touch with Robert Siegel, who requested a review copy. Robert Mandel is also in touch with Justine Kenin. Book Habitue Blog - blogger Britt Chapman requested a review copy The Jewish Advocate (Boston) - requested a review copy. Forward Newspapers - the Arts & Culture editor considering a review. Two adds ran in The London Review of Books in October and December 2015.
About the Author
Book Information
ISBN 9781942134039
Author Alan Lelchuk
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Mandel Vilar Press
Publisher Mandel Vilar Press
Weight(grams) 609g
Wallenberg Promotional Campaign results so far: CONFIRMED MEDIA Book Pleasures (blog) - review posted on 7/24 http://www.bookpleasures.com/websitepublisher/articles/7607/1/-Searching-for-Wallenberg-Reviewed-By-Norm-Goldman-of-Bookpleasurescom/Page1.html#.VbJW7jrbLIV . Tikkun Magazine - http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/fiction-as-a-means-to-uncover-the-truth The Jerusalem Post - http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Confronting-the-mysterious-412008 The Reporter Group - (publishes 5 Jewish newspapers in Pennsylvania, NY State and Connecticut) ran a review on 6/19: http://www.thereportergroup.org/Article.aspx?aID=3947 Jewish Book Council's website - posted a review http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/searching-for-wallenberg Hadassah - will be reviewed in Feb/March issue Historical Novels Review - feature was posted on 10/22: https://historicalnovelsociety.org/alan-lelchuks-searching-for-wallenberg-explores-historys-dark-unknowns/ Midwest Book Review - a review ran in the July 2015 issue of their monthly book review publication "Small Press Bookwatch:" http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/jul_15.htm#Fiction Teddy Rose Book Reviews Plus More - online giveaway June 8-22: http://theteddyrosebookreviewsplusmore.com/2015/06/giveaway-searching-for-wallenberg-by-alan-lelchuk.html#.VXWhujrbLIU. Teddy has over 1000 Facebook followers and more than 2500 Twitter followers. She also posted a review on 8/2: http://theteddyrosebookreviewsplusmore.com/?s=searching+for+wallenberg#.Vb-MVjrbLIV New Hampshire Public Radio - Alan taped an interview on the local "All Things Considered" that ran June 12th: http://nhpr.org/post/bookshelf-searching-raoul-wallenberg http://freshfiction.com/ - Alan wrote a guest post for this popular blog (over 9,000 Facebook followers and over 16,000 Twitter followers), which will be posted on their site on Monday, May 18th. Forbes.com - Tom Teicholz reviews the book and features the cover: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomteicholz/2015/04/30/the-enduring-mystery-of-raoul-wallenberg/ Jewish Book World - included in e-newsletter's recommended reading Foreword Reviews - a review will run in the Summer issue, which ships on May 18th.https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/searching-for-wallenberg/ Fresh Fiction blog - May 15th http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=7019 Jewish Book Council's Visiting Scribe Series - Alan wrote 3 blogs that will post the week of May 4th.http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/searching-for-wallenberg?A=SearchResult&SearchID=14799670&ObjectID=8433734&ObjectType=35 Valley News (Vermont) - article ran 4/24: http://www.vnews.com/photos/inthenews/16557363-95/the-wallenberg-mystery-dartmouth-authors-novel-looks-at-the-diplomats-life New York Journal of Books - http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/searching-wallenberg The Jewish Week - included in Spring Preview feature that ran 2/11 CONFIRMED EVENTS Stanford University/Taub Center for Jewish Studies - February 29, 2016 https://english.stanford.edu/events/searching-wallenberg-alan-lelchuk-0 Norwich Bookstore - April 29 at 7pm Denver Jewish Community Center, Book Fair, Speaker, October 18, 2015 Speaker at Annual Gelbart Lectures at University of South Florida,Tampa November 2, 2015 on Wallenberh. CONSIDERING REVIEW NPR's All Things Considered - Alan is in touch with Robert Siegel, who requested a review copy. Robert Mandel is also in touch with Justine Kenin. Book Habitue Blog - blogger Britt Chapman requested a review copy The Jewish Advocate (Boston) - requested a review copy. Forward Newspapers - the Arts & Culture editor considering a review. Two adds ran in The London Review of Books in October and December 2015.
About the Author
Alan Lelchuk is a novelist and professor, who was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. in World Literature from Brooklyn College in 1960, studied at University College (London) in 1962-63, and received his M.A.in 1963 and Ph.D. in 1965, both in English from Stanford University. His critically acclaimed novels are "American Mischief,""Miriam at Thirty-Four," "Shrinking: The Beginning of My Own Ending," "Miriam in Her Forties," "Brooklyn Boy," "Playing the Game," and "Ziff: A Life?" He co-edited "8 Great Hebrew Short Novels" and has written, for young adults, "On Home Ground." He is the author of a new memoir, "Breaking Ground: How Jackie Robinson Changed Brooklyn." He is a co-founder of Steerforth Press, has taught at Brandeis University and Amherst College, and since 1985 has been on the faculty of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Book Information
ISBN 9781942134039
Author Alan Lelchuk
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Mandel Vilar Press
Publisher Mandel Vilar Press
Weight(grams) 609g
