Posts by Jan Eliasberg
“Eliasberg moves effortlessly between Hannah’s past and present to deliver a historical love story full of intrigue and suspense.”
“Eliasberg moves effortlessly between Hannah’s past and present to deliver a historical love story full of intrigue and suspense. Hannah’s War shines a much-needed light on one of the most influential women in history.” –Booklist
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Award-winning writer-director Eliasberg’s first novel was inspired by an unnamed female physicist, mentioned in a New York Times article from the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Based on the real woman who discovered nuclear fission, it tells the story of what her life might have been. In 1945, Austrian physicist Hannah Weiss…
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Eliasberg’s fast-paced, insightful debut explores one woman’s anxiety about helping to create the world’s first nuclear weapon. Dr. Hannah Weiss, a Jew who escaped Nazi Germany, works with the Americans on the atom bomb in 1945 Los Alamos, N.Mex., where, thanks to her exceptional talent and strong personality, she fends off men’s flirtations and chauvinistic assumptions.…
Read MoreHebrew Rights to Hannah’s War Sold to Adel Books
Adel Books is an imprint of Modan Publishing House, Israel’s leading publishing house. Modan is known for its high-quality translated titles. Jan Eliasberg’s Hannah’s War joins their distinguished list of translated literary fiction, including authors Julian Barnes, Samuel Beckett, Raymond Carver, Jeffrey Eugenides, Karl Ove Knausgård, Yan Martel, Cormac McCarthy, Herta Muller, George Simenon, Leïla…
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Co-hosts John Turturro, Tony Shalhoub, and Little, Brown introduce Jan Eliasberg, author of Hannah’s War at the Pre-Publication party in Manhattan. Photos by Hayley Bruck
Read MoreW.A.S.P. (film or limited series)
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In 1942, America was at war and the need for pilots was great. 1,074 female pilots answered the call and, for the first time, began flying military aircraft in a special program known as W.A.S.P. (Women Air Service Pilots). By the time the war was over, thirty-eight brave female fliers had sacrificed their lives in service to our country.
W.A.S.P. focuses on a select few: the first group of women – the “guinea pigs” — who championed the W.A.S.P. program at great physical and emotional cost, but who also experienced extraordinary adventures and intense camaraderie. These women are war heroes, who fought on two fronts – both against the foreign enemy and simultaneously against the entrenched sexism of the system at home..W.A.S.P. is the war story we haven’t yet seen: about women who are every bit as brave, flawed, and heroic as their male counterparts.
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Heart Of The Atom
Status – Available, novel Hannah’s War Log line As the Allies race to develop the atomic bomb, an Army Intelligence Officer is sent to investigate a possible leak from the Manhattan Project and falls in love with his main suspect, a brilliant German emigree physicist. Synopsis Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1945. As German and U.S.…
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