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Autore: | Andrzejewski Jerzy <1909-1983.> |
Titolo: | Holy Week : a novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising / / Jerzy Andrzejewski ; introduction and commentary by Oscar E. Swan ; foreword by Jan Gross |
Pubblicazione: | Athens : , : Ohio University Press, , 2007 |
©2007 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 149 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 891.8/537 |
Soggetto geografico: | Warsaw (Poland) History Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 Fiction |
Altri autori: | SwanOscar E |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149). |
Nota di contenuto: | ""Foreword""; ""Series Editor's Preface""; ""Acknowledgments and Notes on the Translation""; ""Note on the Author""; ""Note on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising""; ""Introduction ||| Jerzy Andrzejewski's Holy Week""; ""Guide to Pronunciation""; ""Holy Week""; ""Afterword ||| Andrzej Wajda's Film Holy Week""; ""Notes"" |
Sommario/riassunto: | At the height of the Nazi extermination campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto, a young Jewish woman, Irena, seeks the protection of her former lover, a young architect, Jan Malecki. By taking her in, he puts his own life and the safety of his family at risk. Over a four-day period, Tuesday through Friday of Holy Week 1943, as Irena becomes increasingly traumatized by her situation, Malecki questions his decision to shelter Irena in the apartment where Malecki, his pregnant wife, and his younger brother reside. Added to his dilemma is the broader context of Poles' attitudes toward the "Jewish question |
Titolo autorizzato: | Holy Week |
ISBN: | 0-8214-4220-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782061203321 |
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