{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-dora-paperback","title":"In the Shadow of Dora - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Hicks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Dora\u003c\/i\u003e spans two very different decades from the Nazi concentration camp of Dora-Mittelbau to the coast of central Florida in the late 1960s; the book tells the story of the real life intersections between the horror of the Third Reich's V-2 rocket program and the wonderment of the Apollo missions. Eli Hessel, a brilliant young Jewish mathematician, finds himself deep beneath a mountain where he is forced to build Nazi rockets. When he is finally freed from this secret underground concentration camp, he immigrates to New York, studies astrophysics, and is recruited by NASA to help build the largest rocket ever to rise above a launch pad: the Saturn V. To his shock, though, he will be under the command of former Nazi scientists Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph, both of who were at Dora. As America turns to the moon and cheers for rockets that lance the sky, Eli is swallowed up by the past and must cope with memories he thought were safely buried. This is a novel that asks questions about memory, morality, technology, and how the past influences the present. If we clamp down images of horror, will they always ignite and rise up on us? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This is a harrowing journey of survival, one that traces the indomitable spirit of one lone man as he spirals deeper and deeper within the Holocaust--while also recognizing what it takes, minute by minute and day by day, to survive decades into the future. This painful yet beautifully written novel adds to the necessary literature of the Holocaust. Hicks is determined to undo the erasures of time while revealing our humanity with a clear-eyed lens. This is what the art of the novel was invented to do.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eBrian Turner\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMy Life as a Foreign Country\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHere, Bullet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Patrick Hicks has managed to bring two of history's greatest events down to the molecular level in the extraordinary character of Eli Hessel, a survivor of the Holocaust and a member of the vast team of scientists that put a man on the moon. This story is gripping in its tragedy, thrilling in its detail, and unforgettable for its protagonist, whose will to not only survive, but thrive, live, and love is a testament to the human spirit. \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Dora\u003c\/i\u003e is tenacious, just like its hero. I'll never forget it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePeter Geye\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eNorthernmost\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Dora\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing novel. With a poet's eye and meticulously lyric prose, Patrick Hicks unspools a harrowing tale that begins in a Nazi concentration camp and ends on the Apollo 11 launch pad. It is between these two extremes--the most base of the basest of evils and the highest of all human achievements--that Eli's story unfolds. Hicks' novel is fundamentally a narrative of inquiry and self-interrogation: Is the past what defines us? Does the future redeem us? How can you know if you're dead? This is a profoundly moving book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJill Alexander Essbaum\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eBestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHausfrau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Spanning decades and continents, \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of Dora\u003c\/i\u003e reveals in aching detail the heights of human ingenuity and the depths of human cruelty, and, most importantly, the ways those heights and depths are inextricably intertwined in the history of the twentieth century. This is a revelatory novel.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJoe Wilkins\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eFall Back Down When I Die\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain and the Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In this compelling novel based on historical facts, Patrick Hicks places America's glittering quest to land on the moon squarely inside the dark shadow of the Holocaust. Few novels I have read so effectively and disturbingly question the relationship between the triumph of technological achievement and our willingness to ignore injustice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e --\u003cb\u003eKent Meyers\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Work of Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTwisted Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATRICK HICKS is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Collector of Names\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAdoptable, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThis London\u003c\/i\u003e--he also wrote the critically and popularly acclaimed novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Commandant of Lubizec\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been published widely in some of the most vital literary journals in North America and his poetry has appeared on NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe PBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Life in Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a finalist for an Emmy and he has received grants and fellowships from the Bush Artist Foundation, the Loft Literary Center, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others. A dual-citizen of Ireland and America, he is the Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University as well as a faculty member at the MFA program at Sierra Nevada University. When not writing and teaching, he is the host of the radio show, \u003ci\u003ePoetry from Studio 47\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the Midwest with his wife and son. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47413797912754,"sku":"9781622889075","price":31.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bef3c0e7849723e4289e19cdbb55d3fe.webp?v=1778360428","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-dora-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}