Aharon Appelfeld: From Individual Lament to Tribal Eternity
Aharon Appelfeld stands among the most prominent Israeli writers and is the most frequently published Israeli writer in the US. His works have received numerous prestigious literary awards in Israel as well as international critical acclaim. Yet there is a paucity of good critical writing about his impressive body of work. Yigal Schwartz's compelling study, based in part on interviews with Appelfeld himself, admirably fills this gap. Schwartz organizes his book around three of Appelfeld's major themes: the recovery of childhood and memory, the creation of place, and the religious stance of the Holocaust writer. He develops a new perspective not only on Appelfeld as a Holocaust writer whose underlying concerns go beyond his experiences as a Holocaust survivor to include larger issues of Jewish identity in the modern period.
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Aharon Appelfeld: From Individual Lament to Tribal Eternity
Aharon Appelfeld stands among the most prominent Israeli writers and is the most frequently published Israeli writer in the US. His works have received numerous prestigious literary awards in Israel as well as international critical acclaim. Yet there is a paucity of good critical writing about his impressive body of work. Yigal Schwartz's compelling study, based in part on interviews with Appelfeld himself, admirably fills this gap. Schwartz organizes his book around three of Appelfeld's major themes: the recovery of childhood and memory, the creation of place, and the religious stance of the Holocaust writer. He develops a new perspective not only on Appelfeld as a Holocaust writer whose underlying concerns go beyond his experiences as a Holocaust survivor to include larger issues of Jewish identity in the modern period.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781584651406 |
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Publisher: | Brandeis University Press |
Publication date: | 07/01/2001 |
Series: | Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry Series |
Pages: | 228 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d) |
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