Kass Pnina Moed Kass (Books)

Kass Pnina Moed Kass Books

Pnina Moed Kass is an American author who has resided in Israel for over thirty-five years. Her professional writing encompasses short stories, television series, and picture books. Kass, who has lived in Israel since 1968, took a hiatus from teaching high school English to return to her passion for writing. With prior experience in the U.S. as a lyricist and magazine staff writer, she brings a unique perspective to her literary creations.

Real Time

186 pages
7 hours of reading

3.7(270)Add rating

Set in contemporary Israel, this powerful novel is narrated in real time by many voices: Sixteen-year-old Thomas, from Berlin, seeking answers to questions about his grandfather, a Nazi officer in World War II. Vera from Odessa, reclaiming her Jewish heritage. Baruch Ben Tov, a Holocaust survivor. Sameh Laham, illegally employed at a diner. His boss. Samehs friend Omar. A Palestinian doctor in an Israeli hospital. A mother. A soldier. A newscaster . . . Minute by minute, hour by hour, these lives and many others unfoldand then intersect in one violent moment on a highway outside Jerusalem. Each is drastically and irrevocably changed. What do secrets, hopes, dreams, and future plans mean after such a catastrophe? Can what was destroyed be made whole again?