A poem by Primo Levi (1919–1987), translated by New Zealanders Marco Sonzogni and Harry Thomas. Samson Son of a sterile mother, I also was announced By a messenger, a man Of terrible countenance. I was a child of the Sun, And was myself the Sun. I had the Sun’s force … Read more
Murdoch Stephens saw Mount Eerie play in Krakow, visited Auschwitz, and wrote about how to listen to songs of unimaginable tragedy. What are the limits of processing grief through a song? Love is easy. The performer is either in love or out of it, so, for most of us, there’s no problem with identifying with … Read more
All week this Christmas week we count down the best six books of 2017. Number one: Driving to Treblinka by Diana Wichtel. ‘It is a story that will make all who read it a better human being,’ says reviewer Dr David Galler. We come into this world imbued with the spirits of our ancestors. It … Read more