About the Book
Title: The Kaminsky Cure
Author: Christopher New
Genre: Historical Fiction, Women’s Fiction
The Kaminsky Cure is a poignant
yet comedic novel of a half Jewish/half Christian family caught up in
the machinery of Hitler’s final solution. The matriarch, Gabi, was born
Jewish but converted to Christianity in her teens. The patriarch,
Willibald, is a Lutheran minister who, on one hand is an admirer of
Hitler, but on the other hand, the conflicted father of children who are
half-Jewish. Mindful and resentful of her husband’s ambivalence, Gabi
is determined to make sure her children are educated, devising schemes
to keep them in school even after learning that any child less than 100%
Aryan will eventually be kept from completing education. She even hires
tutors who are willing to teach half-Jewish children and in this way
comes to hire Fraulein Kaminsky who shows Gabi how to cure her
frustration and rage: to keep her mouth filled with water until the urge
to scream or rant has passed.
Author Bio
Christopher New was
born in England and was educated at Oxford and Princeton Universities.
Philosopher as well as novelist, he founded the Philosophy Department in
Hong Kong University, where he taught for many years whilst writing The
China Coast Trilogy (Shanghai, The Chinese Box and A Change of Flag)
and Goodbye Chairman Mao, as well as The Philosophy of Literature. He
now divides his time between Europe and Asia and has written novels set
in India (The Road to Maridur), Egypt (A Small Place in the Desert) and
Europe (The Kaminsky Cure). His books have been translated into Chinese,
German, Italian, Japanese and Portuguese. His latest novel, Gage Street
Courtesan, appeared in March 2013.
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