tragedy http://wamc.org en The Book Show #1241 - Shalom Auslander http://wamc.org/post/book-show-1241-shalom-auslander <p>The new novel from <a href="http://www.shalomauslander.com/index.html">Shalom Auslander</a> includes among its characters, Anne Frank. In <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159448838X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wamcnortheast-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=159448838X">Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel</a></em>, she survived the Holocaust and is discovered hiding in the attic of a house in rural New York State being rented by the book&#39;s main character.</p><p>Auslander is a best-selling memoirist, short story writer, and regular contributor to the public radio program This American Life. With &quot;Hope: A Tragedy,&quot; Auslander says he set out to write a comic novel about genocide.</p><p> Tue, 01 May 2012 20:00:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 37700 at http://wamc.org The Book Show #1241 - Shalom Auslander