Home So Far Away: A Novel

A fictional diary set in interwar Germany and Spain allows us to peek into the life of Klara Philipsborn, the only Communist in her merchant-class, German-Jewish family.

Klara’s first visit to Seville in 1925 opens her eyes and her spirit to an era in which Spain’s major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, shared deep cultural connections.

At the same time, she is made aware of the harsh injustices that persist in Spanish society. By 1930, she has landed a position with the medical...