The Clay Messiah by Karen Rae Levine


The Clay Messiah
Title : The Clay Messiah
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ISBN : 069229967X
ISBN-10 : 9780692299678
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 224
Publication : First published September 22, 2014

Set against the historically accurate backdrop of the liberation of the Concentration Camp at Dachau, THE CLAY MESSIAH explores our fragile realities and the power of hope. After months on the battlefields of France and Germany, Daniel, an American soldier, is unprepared for the shock of witnessing the inhumanity contained within the walls of a concentration camp. Daniel befriends Avrum, a teenage survivor equally ill-equipped for his sudden "freedom." Natalie, an overtaxed American nurse attached to the Army Evacuation Hospital sent to the camp, forms a bond with both young men. The trio is threatened by Vladik, Avrum's overzealous protector. Under Nazi rule, Avrum had depended on Vladik's golem-like qualities, but after the liberation the benefit of Vladik's protection becomes a liability and eventually a danger.

The Clay Messiah Reviews

  • Shira Reiss

    This book is not just "another Holocaust" book. We all know that the Americans liberated the camps, but what happened after they arrived and found the walking skeletons? How did they help them? I had never thought about it and I found it shocking. The author did a tremendous amount of research about this period and she brilliantly weaved in a mystical symbol of the Golem, a creature molded from clay who was created by a rabbi in Prague to protect the Jews. Beautifully written and very engaging A wonderful read!

  • Sherry Mabry

    I guess I would have preferred a more straightforward telling of the liberation of Dachau. There is a supernatural component that made no sense to me. There are somewhat interesting characters, but their story doesn’t go anywhere. There is an idea for a really good book here, but this isn’t it.