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October 20, 2014 by Udita Banerjee I Truly Lament: Working Through the Holocaust … a review The first book by Mathias B. Freese that I reviewed was last year, it too, like this one, was short stories. So, naturally, I approached this latest book with a certain set of preconceived notions about his style of writing and the overall content. It was however, quite a different experience. Freese is a gifted writer. I say this because I have read quite a few books about the holocaust and this has such a different approach to the whole issue. Each story involves a folk…

I TRULY LAMENT 5.0 out of 5 stars `When you’re dead, Ezra, I’ll tenderly throw you into the pit and say a few words over you.’, October 18, 2014 By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) – See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (TOP 100 REVIEWER) This review is from: I Truly Lament: Working Through the Holocaust (Paperback) Mathias B. Freese is a writer, teacher, and psychotherapist. His recent collection of essays, “This Mobius Strip of Ifs,” was the winner of the National Indie Excellence Book Award of 2012 in general nonfiction and a 2012…

  For Immediate Release   Contact: Mathias B. Freese 1786 Tanner Circle, Henderson, NV 89012 702-685-2446 mthsfreese@hotmail.com www.mathiasbfreese.com    I Truly Lament – Working through the Holocaust by Mathias B. Freese  “Weirdly wonderful” short story collection explores the Holocaust from diverse perspectives in literary styles ranging from gothic and romantic to phantasmagoric  Acclaimed author Mathias B. Freese writes from the fundamental understanding that human beings are much less than we generally give them credit for. Further, he believes that the human species is wildly damaged, for only a damaged species could have committed the Holocaust. With this principle in place,…

Description: I Truly Lament—Working Through the Holocaust is a varied collection of stories: inmates in death camps; survivors of these camps; disenchanted Golems complaining about their designated rounds; Holocaust deniers and their ravings; collectors of Hitler curiosa (only recently a few linens from Hitler’s bedroom suite went up for sale!);  an imagined interview with Eva Braun during her last days in the Berlin bunker; a Nazi camp doctor subtly denying his complicity; and the love story of a Hungarian cantor, among others. Endorsements: “Freese says that ‘memory must metabolize [the Holocaust] endlessly,’ and his book certainly turns hell into harsh…