If Santa Claus had been portrayed as a woman the image would look something like Ella Green. ...more

December 24, 2009

If Santa Claus had been portrayed as a woman the image would look something like Ella Green. She's a white-haired, elfin little figure, an 83-year-old with a melodic German accent that offers kind words for everyone, delivered with a twinkle in her one good eye. She lost the other one 10 years ago - or was it 20? She hasn't kept track. ...more

December 5, 2009

Nearly every night, Martin Hornung's nightmare unfolds to the same haunting strains. Of Auschwitz. Of screaming voices. Of scenes he would rather not relive in the light of day. ...more

August 24, 2008

Abe Gold was prisoner No. 49119. At 82, he isn't likely to forget the number that was stitched into his shirt and punched on his dog tag. Nor is he likely to forget the excruciating hunger and terrifying desperation that came with being held in one of World War II's infamous Nazi death camps. ...more

May 8, 2008

"Detective Story," by Imre Kertesz (Knopf, $21) In a novel only 112 pages long, you might expect more to be unsaid than said, and this is the case with "Detective Story" by Imre Kertesz, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2002. ...more

January 27, 2008

Dutch lawmakers who recently visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat. ...more

October 28, 2007