A Blessing on the Moon

A magical realist novel about a Jewish man murdered during the Holocaust who returns as a wandering spirit, exploring the horrors of genocide, the resilience of the human spirit, and the enduring power of faith, memory, and hope.

At the center of A Blessing on the Moon is Chaim Skibelski. Death is merely the beginning of Chaim’s troubles. In the opening pages, he is shot along with the other Jews of his small Polish village. But instead of resting peacefully in the World to Come, Chaim, for ...