Showing results for "The Ghetto" in Literature & Fiction

In this powerful 1892 novel set in Londons Jewish East End, Israel Zangwill masterfully contrasts the seemingly bizarre and often misunderstood religious practices of Eastern European Jewish immigrants with the pressures of assimilation. Through his deep understanding of Yiddishkeit and a flair for melodrama, Zangwill crafts a series of unforgettable vignettes that shaped public perceptions of this often-stigmatized community. Born in London to Russian and Polish parents, Zangwill (1864-1926) is also credited with coining the term melting pot, reflecting the rich cultural tapestry of his time....

A powerful story of hope, love, and imagination, set against the horrific backdrop of the Holocaust. Two Jewish girls, Julia and Suzanne, are captured in Nazi-occupied Netherlands and transported to a ghetto. Although their world views are wildly different—Julia is jaded and bitter, Suzanne naive and optimistic—they become each other's closest confidants as they experience the horrors of the journey to 'The Paradise Ghetto'.

Life can be cruel. Sometimes it's hard to play with the cards you've been dealt. Growing up in the ghetto can be hell; good or bad, everybody has a story. Toni is young and sexy, but her life story is limited with her mother's drug addiction and her older brother, Sheek, doing life in prison. She struggles day by day, stripping and sometimes doing more in underground clubs to support herself and her family. Toni eventually befriends a rich pretty boy from Long Island, whose life was sheltered from poverty since the day he was born.

In his English language debut, Santiago H. Amigorena writes to fight the silence that “has stifled [him] since [he] was born”, weaving together fiction, biography, and memoir to distill a stirring novel of loss and unshakeable love. A critical sensation in France, The Ghetto Within is its...

Tayshawn Torres is a child born in the slums and cursed by the sins of his parents. His mother is a notorious drug addict and whore who's more concerned with getting her next high than she is with Tayshawn's well-being. His stepfather hates him so much, he literally treats him like an animal, forcing him to sleep in a cage and scavenge for scraps of food wherever he can find them.

The reigning queen of hip-hop lit, Nikki Turner, takes on the music biz in this tale of a young woman who risks everything to be a superstar. Fabiola Mays was born to sing. She has a voice like honey and a body to match, but one heartbreaking setback after another threatens to derail her dreams...

ChiTown 2.0 is a gritty, seductive street-lit novel set in 1990s Chicago, centered on Tony “ChiTown” James — a smooth, calculating hustler who evolves from gangbanging and drug dealing into the dangerous, lucrative world of pimping. As ChiTown builds power alongside strong, ambitious women and his fiercely loyal best friend Rell, money, love, jealousy, and betrayal collide. What begins as a tightly controlled life spirals into a high-stakes war involving rival dealers, internal betrayal, hidden identities, and the constant threat of prison or death. At its core, ChiTown 2.0 is about ...

Kurz vor Weihnachten, Ende der achtziger Jahre in Irland. Gewalt, religiöser Terror, Anfeindungen und Ausgrenzungen bestimmen den Alltag in einem Stadtteil in der Nähe von Belfast. "Sandy ist das, was mich am Leben hält", sagt Laurina eines Tages zu ihrer Mutter. Es ist der Tag, an dem das elfjährige Mädchen beginnt zu kämpfen, gegen ein unvorstellbar tristes Leben. An der neuen Schule sind alle gegen Laurina und ihre Schwester Sandy, weil sie keine ehrlichen Katholiken sind, wie die anderen Kinder sagen.

Jeune Juif persécuté à Paris sous l'occupation allemande, le héros de ce roman se retrouve en Israël après la Guerre des Six Jours, citoyen d'un pays devenu à son tour occupant de territoires arabes. David, que les souffrances de sa jeunesse ont profondément marqué, ne peut s'empêcher de réfléchir au destin d'un peuple condamné autrefois par sa faiblesse à endurer les humiliations et les tortures, condamné aujourd'hui par ses victoires à glisser vers le rôle de l'oppresseur, peut-être un jour du bourreau.

"Scappa, e non guardarti più indietro." Il passato di Giulia è una somma di scelte sbagliate. La scelta di suo padre di allearsi con Marco Antonio contro l'imperatore Augusto ha portato la sua famiglia a essere cacciata da Roma ed esiliata a Brixia, circondata dai barbari della Gallia Cisalpina. La sua scelta di sposare il Legatus Quirino l'ha lasciata vedova troppo giovane, custode di ricordi preziosi e irripetibili che la morte ha reso insopportabili.

Il ghetto di Varsavia fu il più grande ghetto creato dai nazisti nell’Europa occupata. Quasi mezzo milione di persone visse dietro le sue mura, prima di venir stritolata negli ingranaggi della soluzione finale. Ma la storia del ghetto di Varsavia non è solo una storia di disperazione. È anche la storia di come gli uomini sappiano trovare, anche nei momenti peggiori, la forza di ribellarsi contro un destino già scritto.

Abdelkarim ist ein Marokkaner aus Bielefeld. Es kann halt nicht allen gut gehen. Was ihm bleibt sind seine langen Träume. Ohne sie wäre es schwer in der Bielefelder Bronx. In seinen unfassbar süßen Träumen ist er mal berufstätig, mal hat er einen deutschen Pass oder er spricht einfach mit einem Germanen. Diese glorreichen und glamourösen Träume sind ihm komischerweise nicht zu Kopf gestiegen.

This Podcast is for women who have been through some of the toughest obstacles in life and is fighting and grinding through. The ghetto is where I'm from and G.H.E.T.T.O. is who I am. Episode1 tells you everything you need to know about ME and why I'm G.H.E.T.T.O. Grind Harder Especially Through Tough Obstacles

"ستيلّا مارس، أو نجمة البحر، هي شرفة الله المُطلّة على الحمامة التي تسبح في الماء، ونسمّيها حيفا... على هذه الشرفة، حيث تأخذنا تلّة النبي الياس إلى الأعجوبة، اكتشف...

Roberto Malini, che da oltre trent'anni si dedica allo studio dell'Olocausto e a progetti di educazione alla Memoria, ha incontrato, soprattutto in Israele e in Italia, numerosi sopravvissuti ebrei e 'zingari': a loro sono dedicate le sue "Poesie dell'Olocausto". Il poeta presenta inoltre le sue versioni in italiano di alcune poesie di autori scomparsi nell'Olocausto o scampati ai campi di morte: Henja e Ayala Karmel, Jankiel Wiernik, Paul Celan, anonimi del Ghetto di Kovno e dalla comunità sefardita della Grecia, Wladislaw Szlengel, Tamara Deuel.