LEADER 02421nam 2200493Ia 450 001 9910815935803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-299-20453-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000001409212 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444702 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10217057 035 $a(OCoLC)932317746 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001409212 100 $a20081103e20041985 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 /$fChava Rosenfarb ; translated from the Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMadison $cUniversity of Wisconsin Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (326 pages) 225 1 $aLibrary of world fiction 225 0 $aThe tree of life ;$v1 300 $aReprint. Originally published: Melbourne, Australia : Scribe, c1985. 311 0 $a0-299-20454-5 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aOn the Brink of the Precipice, the first volume of the trilogy The Tree of Life, describes the lives of the novel's ten protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto before the outbreak of World War II. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create realistic characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through this novel's every page. 410 0$aLibrary of world fiction. 606 $aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)$vFiction 606 $aJews$xPersecutions$vFiction 615 0$aHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 615 0$aJews$xPersecutions 676 $a839/.134 700 $aRosenfarb$b Chawa$f1923-2011.$0989009 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815935803321 996 $aOn the Brink of the Precipice, 1939$94083621 997 $aUNINA