Los descubrimientos de la autora
Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were
murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann,
who built an industrial empire in Venezuela. When he died, he left
his daughter a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other
memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage
to have the letters translated and start reading them. That was the
seed for When Time Stopped, an epic family memoir. Neumann
brings each relative to vivid life. In uncovering her father's story
after all these years, she discovers nuance and depth to her own
history and liberates poignant and thought-provoking truths about
the threads of humanity that connect us all.
An Amazon Best Books of the Year Pick
Winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Autobiography/Memoir
"The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family's race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance."
--The New York Times Book Review