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Dasvidaniya: A Novel Kindle Edition

by W.L. Liberman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
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Mordecai Goldman is a man born of chaos.

His life changes when Simmy, his little brother, comes home with a knife stuck in his shoulder.

After turbulent years in a Christian high school in Poland and his military service, Mordecai finds himself manning a tank for the Soviets in the Second World War. After he fights his way to Germany, Mordecai falls in love with his future wife and emigrates to Canada.

Saying goodbye to everyone he loves, Mordecai moves on with his life and toward the inevitable conclusion that awaits us all. But will his life end like it began: in violence?

This story is based on true events, and Mordecai Goldman was a real person. This is the story of a man tough, passionate and stubborn - to the end.

Praise from readers:

★★★★★ - "Deeply touching."

★★★★★ - "The story is vivid and detailed, and I felt like we are really living through the main character. A powerful read."

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01NBZ4IKB
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Creativia; 1st edition (January 26, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 26, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2074 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 437 pages
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W L Liberman

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Wili Liberman has been a magazine writer and editor for over 30 years. He is the current and founding editor and publisher of TEACH Magazine, that began in 1992. Please see http://teachmag.com . For a list of TEACH Magazine's digital, interactive projects, please see: http://http://teachmag.com/teach-graphic-novels . Wili is also the co-producer of the teen travel show, Get Outta Town! that aired on TVOntario and other stations in Canada as well as WAM!, part of the Starz Encore Network in the United States. Wili has written a series of fictionalized teen adventure books based on Get Outta Town! Wili also writes graphic novels: The Shadowed Road, along with the children’s storybook, Ezra and the Lion Cub; The Ruptured Sky ; 80 Degrees North; Shattered Ground--a devastating exploration of the First World War as seen through the eyes of four young men who decide to enlist. Wili also writes adult fiction having published Dead Fish Jumping on the Road, Looking for Henry Turner, The Global View and Das Vidaniya. Wili holds an honours BA from the University of Toronto and an MA in Creative Writing from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK. Wili currently lives in Toronto, Canada and is married with three grown sons.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A STORY OF SURVIVAL AND PURPOSE
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
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This follows the life Mordecai Goldman as a boy and then a young man in Poland, prior to and then during WW II. Along with Mordecai, we learn about his parents, sister and younger brother. He eventually fights with the Russian army, and we follow his life during and after the war. It is a story about personal trials, tribulations and convictions to do the right thing and stand up for oneself. Mr. Liberman did the Goldman family justice. I truly enjoyed this book.
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Phil Bolos
4.0 out of 5 stars Tragic
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2017
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Dasvidanya by W. L. Liberman tells the life story of Mordecai as he changes from a violent youth in Poland to an army officer fighting against the Nazis in World War II to a married man in Canada. The story of Mordecai is tragic at best. The description of the books says that this was a real person and that the events he went through are also true. With that being the case, it is truly sad all of the violence and tragedy that befell this one person. Mordecai definitely cared for his family. When his younger brother stumbles home with a knife sticking out of his shoulder, Mordecai does not waste any time going out and finding those who were responsible. He systematically finds them and beats them. He does this not only for his family, but also for the fact that he is Jewish. This becomes an even stronger element in his life once he becomes an officer in the WWII. If he were to be captured, he would be killed for being a Polish officer. His fate would have been far worse if the Nazis were to discover that he was also a Jew. Once the Army reached Germany, Mordecai meets his wife and goes to Canada with her to live a peaceful life very different from the one so far. But, violence is not something that is easily lost or forgotten.
Dasvidanya is a tragic story of violence and loss. The author has taken time to create characters and a story that will be intriguing to the reader. The narrative is in need to a good edit as there are numerous issues in the early chapters that serve as a distraction to the reader. For a time I thought the author did this on purpose to show how quickly the characters were speaking, but after reading the sections several times, it became clear this was just sloppy spacing. Overall, it was good and I feel the author should be proud.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star
Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2018
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Read it, walk with this man hand in hand. This was a good book of hard times. Deeply touching. That's all I can say.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Tragically Profound
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2017
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Das Vidaniya is an historical fiction novel written by W.L. Liberman. He had watched her grow up from a tiny girl, the grandchild of his neighbors and friends, the Robinsons. Beulah Robinson was seventeen now, but the years had not been kind to her. She was addicted to crack cocaine, and it had nearly destroyed the child of light and wonder he had delighted in watching grow up. Mordecai wanted to drive her to the hospital, but Beulah had been adamant that she would prefer to die on his floor than go there. She asked him to tie her wrists and ankles as she lay on the cot in his second floor bedroom. He had fed her chicken soup, a spoon at a time, and had watched over her in the long hours since she had arrived. She asked him for a story to distract her from the torments she was suffering, for his story, for him to talk to her and not stop.

Mordecai had never really shared his story, all of it, with any other person, and he had to think about what she was asking. But there was no one left for him, and like the helpless child he was caring for, he had nowhere to go. And so he began. It was in 1925, in Krasnowiecz, Poland, that the hatred felt by many Poles towards their Jewish neighbors led to his little brother rushing home with a knife still lodged in his shoulder. His friends, he said, wonderingly, had done it. Their sister, Katya, who would one day become a doctor, knew how to treat his injury, and Mordecai, feeling a rush of anger fill his heart and soul, demanded the names of those so-called friends. He would exact some measure of vengeance upon them. It was what he did.

W.L Liberman's historical fiction novel, Das Vidaniya, is the story of Mordecai Goldman, a Polish Jew, who grew up in the village of Krasnowiecz in the 1920s, fought with the Poles against the Germans, and then later drove the Germans back from Stalingrad to Berlin as a captain with the Russian army, and his story is a riveting one. Mordecai is complex, hot-headed and impulsive. His talent for fighting is honed by the training he receives from his father's friend and partner, Frederick Valens, a boxer of some renown, who toys with the fuming child, using the anger he so easily stirs up to help Mordecai develop the latent talents and self-discipline Frederick sees within him. As I read of their sparring, I became totally engrossed in this World War II tale which focuses on the plight of Jews in Poland and on Germany's campaign into Russia.

Das Vidaniya contains some of the finest WWII historical writing I've encountered. Liberman highlights the gallant, doomed efforts of the Poles whose horses were of little use against the tanks and machinery of the Germans, and he brings to life the rigors felt by both armies during Hitler's march into Russia. I was mesmerized by Mordecai's accounts of his battles, his memories of those fellow soldiers who became so much more than friends, and Olga, the General’s daughter whom he loved and never forgot. Das Vidaniya is a monumental book. There's so much history contained within its pages, and the characters one encounters are unforgettable, especially Mordecai, as he relives his life story to comfort a young girl as she suffers the withdrawal symptoms from her addiction. Almost Russian in its scope and intensity, Das Vidaniya is a moving and inspiring literary work, and it's most highly recommended.
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BeautyFul Word
4.0 out of 5 stars A Born Fighter
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2017
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When we meet Mordecai, he has taken in a young woman going through withdrawal from drugs. He tells her his life story as a way to distract from her body's struggle. Through the telling of his tale, we learn a lot about Mordecai's life. He has a quick temper, extremely loyal and good sense of humor. The characters are developed and likable. I did like Mordecai although I felt his rash temper also caused some unnecessary confrontations. I liked the quiet determination of Katya to fulfill her dreams and the easy-going manner of Simmy.

The story pace is steady with a little flip flopping between the present and the past. Being a Polish Jew was hard on Mordecai, who couldn't stand injustice. As a Polish citizen he was required to do a mandatory military stint but still experienced anti-Semitic sentiments/persecution from his fellow countrymen. Mordecai had an interesting life that was unfortunately filled with violence and tragedy. The only fault I had with the story was there were no quotation marks and some irregular spacing. It was hard to know sometimes if that was what Mordecai was thinking or saying. Overall, great read but does need a little editing changes.
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JaneDavis
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating page turner
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2017
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It's a war story , yes. But from the eyes of a Jewish Pole who ends up in the Russian liberating army. It is brutal to read in places. It is a love story - several times over. It is a story of growing up in the bleakest hardest most violent way. But it is a story of hope & faith. I can't recommend it highly enough
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phoaquinjoenix
4.0 out of 5 stars Honest and descriptive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2020
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I'm about halfway through. A very honestly-written autobiography with a painful, interesting story. There are a few typos (but I use an outdated device) and - personally - strange word choices dotted around which I usually fixate on. But the content makes this much less of an issue - I prefer to put up with the formatting in order to find out more re: this man's life. I add free ebooks at regular intervals and usually delete them before getting to the end of the first chapter. Not in this case. One of the few non-classic freebies that has found a permanent home on my Kindle. I think the main reason this is is because there is no sense of the subject being a victim of the age. That he just gets on with it. He's not a do-gooder but does a lot of good without particularly realising it. And I believe what he says. Which is rare 😉
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