One Hundred Saturdays - Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World - Jewish Book Festival
Schedule
Sun Feb 12 2023 at 06:00 pm
Location
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver | Vancouver, BC
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MASTER STORYTELLERSSun Feb 12, 6:00 pm - Free
MICHAEL FRANK
One Hundred Saturdays – Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
In conversation with Abby Wener Herlin
This is the remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with journalist Michael Frank over the course of six years bring to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished ninety percent of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale.
Probing and courageous, candid and sly, Stella is a magical modern-day Scheherazade whose stories reveal what it was like to grow up in an extraordinary place in an extraordinary time—and to construct a life after that place has vanished. Stella asks challenging questions that often have no easy answer. She is honest about her life. She is the kind of person we all dream of learning from and who—at nearly a century—is still interested in engaging with and learning from us in return.
One Hundred Saturdays also features incredible illustrations by The New Yorker’s MAIRA KALMAN.
MICHAEL FRANK is the author of What Is Missing, a novel, and The Mighty Franks, a memoir. His essays, articles, and short stories have appeared in numerous publications. He lives in New York.
PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VANCOUVER HOLOCAUST EDUCATION CENTRE
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Where is it happening?
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, 950 West 41st Avenue,Vancouver,BC,CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
