The Bridge Builder's Story: A Novel: A Novel

by Howard Fast

Book Overview

Comparativists evaluate democratization by looking at regimes in the transition and consolidation phases of democracy without considering the essence of democracy. This book argues the need to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563246910
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Howard Fast Builds Important Bridges in this Book!

Where have you been all my life, Howard Fast? This is my first experience with his writing and his words flowed into my consciousness like an old friend!This is a straight-forward tale of youthful innocence lost and a search for peace-of-mind despite past tragedy. When Scott Waring's young wife was brutally murdered by the Gestapo on their 1939 honeymoon in Berlin, he is forced to spend many guilt-ridden and lonely years trying to sort out his life. It was through the important influence of Max Leiberman, his abrasive yet honest psychiatrist, and his newly-found love, Janet Goldman - the young NYC waitress/dancer who survived the atrocities of the Holocaust - that helped Scott overcome the horrors of his past and his own ingrained prejudices.This is called "The Bridge Builder's Story" for more than one reason. Sure - Waring is an engineer who builds actual bridges ... but he also builds symbolic bridges between past & present as well as bridges of understanding amongst different faiths, nationalities, etc.A fast-moving, easy-read that would make a great airplane book. I look forward to reading more of Howard Fast's novels.