A Time of Angels

A Time of Angels
First edition
AuthorPatricia Schonstein
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Published2003 (Parktown: Random House)
Publication placeSouth Africa
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages223
ISBN9780593051764
OCLC749961446

A Time of Angels is a 2003 book by Patricia Schonstein and follows the lives of a number of Italian Jews in the post-apartheid era in South Africa.

Plot

The novel is set in and around Long Street in Cape Town. It centres on a rivalry between two life-long friends, Primo Verona, a clairvoyant, and Pasquale Benvenuto, a chef. They are the sons of Jewish Holocaust survivors from Italy. Primo's wife, Beatrice, is also a childhood friend of the men, and to complicate matters, she was Pasquale's lover before she married Primo. Twenty years after the marriage, Pasquale is keen for Beatrice to leave Primo so that they can get back together. Primo is devastates by the betrayal and seeks to win back Beatrice with spells. The spells go awfully awry, destroying Pasquale's business.[1][2]

Reception

The Guardian, in a review of A Time of Angels, wrote "Schonstein's magical realism is dense with sensual imagery - taste, touch, smell, shimmering visions. At first it is confusing to be recalled so insistently to the good things of life at the same time as being continuously reminded of horror and war; it seems almost shocking that Schonstein can list the ingredients of bostrengo - a delicious cake - and then, almost in the same breath, recount a massacre of children and old men.

However, this uneasy mixture is the whole point of Schonstein's narrative."[3]

Other reviews have found it comparable to Like Water for Chocolate including Library Journal, Booklist, and Voice of Youth Advocates.[4]

A Time of Angels has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[5] Kirkus Reviews,[2] People magazine,[6] and North & South magazine.[7]

References

  1. ^ South African Jews Begin To Tell Tales The Forward. 24 December 2024
  2. ^ a b "A Time of Angels". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2017. An agreeable confection. Enjoy it for its glittering artifice, but don't look for depth.
  3. ^ Falconer, Helen (18 October 2003). "Books: Cape Fear". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ "A Time of Angels: Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  5. ^ "A Time of Angels". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. 25 October 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2017. While many sweet details of community life and a meticulous, respectful attention to the skills of all trades brighten the novel, the themes and language are familiar; the conclusion brings together many elements of the characters' fates but fails to imbue them with meaning.
  6. ^ "A Time Of Angels (Book)". People. 62 (24). Time Inc.: 54 13 December 2004. Retrieved 29 January 2017.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ "International Books". North & South (213). Bauer Media Group: 121. December 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2017.[dead link‍]

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