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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815935803321

Autore

Rosenfarb Chawa <1923-2011.>

Titolo

On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 / / Chava Rosenfarb ; translated from the Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

ISBN

0-299-20453-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages)

Collana

Library of world fiction

The tree of life ; ; 1

Disciplina

839/.134

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Jews - Persecutions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: Melbourne, Australia : Scribe, c1985.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- BOOK I The Year 1939 -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Glossary.

Sommario/riassunto

On the Brink of the Precipice, the first volume of the trilogy The Tree of Life, describes the lives of the novel's ten protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto before the outbreak of World War II. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create realistic characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through this novel's every page.