02070oam 2200457Ia 450 991079305050332120231121155854.00-299-20453-7(CKB)3710000001409212(MiAaPQ)EBC3444702(Au-PeEL)EBL3444702(CaPaEBR)ebr10217057(OCoLC)932317746(EXLCZ)99371000000140921220081103e20041985 uy 1engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOn the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 /Chava Rosenfarb ; translated from the Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie MorgentalerMadison University of Wisconsin Press20041 online resource (326 pages)Library of world fictionThe tree of life ;1Reprint. Originally published: Melbourne, Australia : Scribe, c1985.0-299-20454-5 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.Library of world fiction.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)FictionJewsPersecutionsFictionHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)JewsPersecutionsRosenfarb Chawa1923-2011.989009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793050503321On the Brink of the Precipice, 19393685226UNINA