Sonia Pilcer
Author of The Holocaust Kid
About the Author
Sonia Pilcer is the author of the cult classic Teen Angel (1978) and three other novels, as well as the often reprinted essay about the psychological scars of children of survivors, "2G" (1990). Many other essays and stories have appeared in The Forward, the Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, show more and elsewhere. She lives in Hillsdale, New York, and in New York City show less
Works by Sonia Pilcer
Associated Works
Nothing Makes You Free: Writings by Descendants of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (2002) — Contributor — 66 copies
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- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Poland
- Birthplace
- displaced persons camp, Germany
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Maiden Rites by Sonia Pilcer
Most of this novel takes place around Columbia in 1967-68, just before I got there, so the milieu is very familiar. Hannah Wolf lives at home in Flushing and goes to Queens College but wants something more. She hangs out at the Columbia Bookstore hoping to meet someone, and does (two someones, actually). Moshe is hyperintellectual, horny and generally icky. He's sad in some ways, too, but I really disliked him. And her. I don't have to worry about hurting their feelings since they are fictional. The book is subtitled "A Romance" but if that's romance, no thanks.… (more)
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