• Published On: February 19, 2011

    The Knife Sharpener’s Bell: Review By Shawna Dempsey, Winter 2011 Tales of immigration to the New World are often told but the return voyages, from New World to Old, are less storied. Likewise, those of us [...]

  • Published On: July 19, 2010

    The Players and The Knife Sharpener’s Bell: Review By Lisa Grekul, Spring/Summer 2010 Margaret Sweatman, The Players, Goose Lane Editions, 2009 Rhea Tregebov, The Knife Sharpener’s Bell, Coteau Books, 2009 In The Players and The Knife Sharpener’s Bell, readers are trans­ported to [...]

  • Published On: July 6, 2010

    The Readhead: Tregebov’s Fiction a Lesson in History By Sharon Chisvin, July 6, 2010 Among the many stories I have heard about my family ancestry, one in particular that has intrigued me is the story [...]

  • Published On: February 19, 2010

    The Knife Sharpener’s Bell: Journey Through Language and Fear by Tanya Christiansen Winter 2010 The Knife Sharpener’s Bell, Rhea Tregebov’s first novel, is a tale of multiple migrations. As the child of Russian-Jewish immigrants living [...]

  • Published On: December 12, 2009

    The Knife Sharpener’s Bell: Back in the USSR Rhea Tregebov’s tart first novel tells the story of Winnipeg Jews whose naive faith in Stalin prompts their return to Odessa B y Jim Bartley, December 12, [...]

  • Published On: September 20, 2009

    The Knife Sharpener’s Bell: Tregebov Captures Ordinary Characters under Communism By Bev Sandell Greenberg, September 20, 2009 During the Great Depression, former Winnipeg author Rhea Tregebov’s left-wing Jewish grandparents tried to leave this city to repatriate [...]