Horodno Burning

<p>In the Russian Empire's Pale of Settlement Esther Leving a brilliant young bibliophile chafes at male dominance religious dogma and antisemitism. Bernard Garfinkle a religious Jew and the son of a vodka distiller hides a shameful secret-in a culture that worships books he can't read. Despite their differences they fall in love. Esther teaches Bernard to read and he in turn builds her a bookshop. They start a family but when ferocious pogroms target Russian Jews they must confront violent oppression.</p><p><br></p><p>Exploring the turbulent history of the late 19th century that led to the migration of one-and-a-half million Jews from czarist Russia to America <strong><em>Horodno Burning </em></strong>is a love letter to literature freedom and Jewish survival.</p>