02421nam 2200493Ia 450 991081593580332120200520144314.00-299-20453-7(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 Morgentaler1st ed.Madison 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 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.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)JewsPersecutions839/.134Rosenfarb Chawa1923-2011.989009MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815935803321On the Brink of the Precipice, 19394083621UNINA