Reviewing “The Flame Alphabet”, the latest novel by Ben Marcus, a Consulting Editor for Interlitq, Dora Levy Mossanen, writing in Jewish Journal (March 23rd, 2012) states that this “is a brilliantly rendered story of heart-break and violence, an exploration of language, the costs and rewards of silence, societal and familial conflicts, the unconditional love of parents and, above all, whether it is possible to salvage a semblance of humanity when a community is accosted by an existential threat”
Posted April 10, 2012
Filed under: Authors, Book Reviews, Fiction, Interlitq, Interlitq Editors, The International Literary Quarterly, Writing |
Filed under: Authors, Book Reviews, Fiction, Interlitq, Interlitq Editors, The International Literary Quarterly, Writing |

Reviewing The Flame Alphabet, the latest novel by Ben Marcus, a Consulting Editor for Interlitq, Dora Levy Mossanen, writing in Jewish Journal(March 23rd, 2012) states that this ”is a brilliantly rendered story of heart-break and violence, an exploration of language, the costs and rewards of silence, societal and familial conflicts, the unconditional love of parents and, above all, whether it is possible to salvage a semblance of humanity when a community is accosted by an existential threat”.