David Hirshberg
Author Interview - David Hirshberg
Author of Jacobo's Rainbow
Jacobo's Rainbow is an historical literary novel set primarily in the nineteen sixties during the convulsive period of the student protest movements and the Vietnam War. It focuses on the issue of being an outsider -- the ‘other' -- an altogether common circumstance that resonates with readers in today’s America. Written from a Jewish perspective, it speaks to universal truths that affect us all. It uses the inconceivable events of the narrator's family’s life and the world in which he lived as a foil to deal with major issues that affect Americans today. It has been purposefully set in earlier times so as to provide some distance from the current ‘talking heads’ climate that instantly categorizes and analyzes events from a narrow, partisan perspective.
Author Interview - David Hirshberg
Author I draw inspiration from: Philip Roth
Author Interview - David Hirshberg
Favorite place to read a book: Sofa in my bedroom
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Coleman Silk, in The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Author Interview - David Hirshberg
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: When I made the following comment to my wife: "When you're a kid, they don't always tell you the truth," which became the opening line of my debut novel, My Mother's Son.
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: I actually have no general preference. Although when traveling, I prefer ebook or audio.
The last book I read: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Author Interview - David Hirshberg
Pen & paper or computer: Computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Lev Beniov, from City of Thieves by David Benioff.
Author Interview - David Hirshberg
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Developer of drugs for rare diseases (because that's what I did -- and loved -- before I began to write).
Favorite decade in fashion history: 1940s
Place I’d most like to travel: Israel. I've been there 56 times.
My signature drink: Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc
Favorite artist: Pablo Picasso
Number one on my bucket list: Attending the inauguration of the first woman to be president of the U.S.
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Author Bio: David Hirshberg is the pseudonym for an entrepreneur who prefers to keep his business activities separate from his writing endeavors. He adopted the Krst name of his father-in-law and the last name of his maternal grandfather as a tribute to their impact on his life. He is the author of the multiple-award winning debut novel My Mother’s Son (2018), Jacobo’s Rainbow (2021), and A Stone’s Throw, scheduled to be published in 2022. Hirshberg holds an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives with his wife and two setters in Westchester County, New York.
