Holy Week [[electronic resource] ] : a novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising / / Jerzy Andrzejewski ; introduction and commentary by Oscar E. Swan ; foreword by Jan Gross

• Autore: Andrzejewski Jerzy <1909-1983.>
• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Disciplina: 891.8/537
• Soggetto geografico: Warsaw (Poland) History Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943 Fiction
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SwanOscar E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Foreword""; ""Series Editorâ€?s Preface""; ""Acknowledgments and Notes on the Translation""; ""Note on the Author""; ""Note on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising""; ""Introduction ||| Jerzy Andrzejewskiâ€?s Holy Week""; ""Guide to Pronunciation""; ""Holy Week""; ""Afterword ||| Andrzej Wajdaâ€?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.: 9910454212003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.