商品簡介
Sylvie Rosenberg escaped the holocaust—but can she escape the past?
October 20, 1942. Benjamin Katz and his six-year-old daughter Sylvie stand with their frightened family at a train station in occupied Holland, unsure if the train would take them to their freedom—or to a death camp.
Hitler and his henchmen have long had their eye on the art collection of Benjamin and his brother, which includes Rembrandt's “Portrait of Raman.” Now the brothers are faced with the ultimate choice—part with the art, or suffer the consequences.
Based on a true story, Rembrandt's Shadow is the tale of two women from different generations who find themselves forced to confront each other years later—while still haunted by the past.
作者簡介
Janet Lee Berg was a shy, yet daring child, rescuing stray animals, surfing ocean waves, and riding her motorcycle along the curvy Long Island roads where she grew up . . . after trading in her blue Honda, she reached for the sky, working as an airline stewardess during the glamour days of flying…? little white gloves, broad shoulder pads, and wide smiles. She loved her adventurous career, collecting stories from everywhere around the world, but happily returned to her true roots of writing.
Berg earned a Masters Degree in Creative Writing and Literature at Stony Brook Southampton, where she was mentored by many authored professors such as the late, great Frank McCourt. Employed as a journalist by Dan’s Papers of the Hamptons for nearly 12 years, she was afforded the opportunity to interview numerous celebrities, one of her favorites being Linda Ronstadt. She then tested the waters by publishing a small hardcover book for readers of all ages called Glitz of the Hamptons, a parody of the area known for its affluence and glamour, a tale that shows the true beauty of the area through the aging eyes of a lost character. The Hamptons is also where she and her husband raised their daughter and son, and where she visited elementary classrooms, inspiring schoolchildren to express themselves through the written word.
Berg’s one-act play Airsick, a comedy, was performed at the Authors Playhouse in Bay Shore, New York, where it was well received. Janet Berg’s work has been featured in Dan’s Papers, The East Hampton Star, The Independent, The Montauk Quarterly, Newsday, The Southamtpon Press, and The Post & Courier, Charleston, S.C., and was interviewed on WHTV Television show. She has completed two novels, titled Rembrandt's Shadow and Restitution, both loosely based on stunning true life events of her husband’s family during the Holocaust. Sylvie Rosenberg, the privileged daughter of a renowned Jewish art dealer in Holland, spends the first fifteen years of her childhood without ever knowing her father s love, until the day that he trades his beloved Rembrandt to the Nazis in exchange for her life.
The real story behind the novel appeared in The New York Times article, “Heirs Make Huge Claim Over Dutch Art Trade”. Over 70 years later, and the family still awaits the return of nearly 200 works of art stolen from Grandfather’s gallery art collection by the Nazis.
