The Delegation
The Soviet Army has defeated the Nazis at Stalingrad, but continuing to defend the Motherland will require arms, money, and allies around the world. To rally support, Joseph Stalin dispatches a delegation of two Jewish artists: the world-renowned actor (and self-appointed Head Jew of the Soviet Union) Solomon Mikhoels, and his Party handler, the middling poet Lieutenant Colonel Itzik Feffer.
Less than ten years later, they would both be murdered.
Truth and fiction eye each other warily in this true story as told by a fictional author struggling to pen an epic work of historical fiction.
About the Author
Avner Landes earned an M.F.A. from Columbia University and works as a ghostwriter. He is also the author of Meiselman: The Lean Years. He lives near Tel Aviv with his wife and two children.