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Synopsis
'I wasn't happy. I wasn't unhappy. I was there at that time and that was all. I didn't involve myself in philosophical reflections, but my mind was like a camera, imprinting forever the idyllic beauty of the European summer of 1939.'
The idyll does not last long. Within days a young Jewish girl and her family are engulfed by the Second World War in Warsaw, Poland. Outside the concentration camps and mostly outside the ghetto, the adolescent heroine and her family experience the war with a secret. Living in a country house, they survive on false papers and 'good looks', while hiding four of their close relatives in the cellar. One day they have to cope with waves of German soldiers bursting through their houses; the next moment the Warsaw ghetto burns; another day they wake to find the front line in their front garden.
The author recreates this inhuman world though the eyes of her adolescent self. There are moments of poetic vision and moments of searing pain, but the book is a testament to heroism and concern.
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About the Author
Maria Lewitt is a Melbourne writer. She is the author of No Snow in December and numerous short stories.
Review
'Come Spring is a classic ― one of the earliest and finest examples of Australian Holocaust literature.'
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- PublisherScribe US
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 090801175X
- ISBN 13 9780908011759
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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Come Spring: An Autobiographical Novel
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Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 2002
ISBN 10: 090801175X
ISBN 13: 9780908011759
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Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. introduction by Richard Freadman, Professor of English, La Trobe University. Plain text card cover with gold and white coloured titles to the front panel and white and pale silver coloured titles to the backstrip. The reminiscences of the author, told in fiction form, of her life in Poland with her family from 1939 until the end of the war. For, as the rear panel blurb states ". Living in a country house, they survive on false papers and 'good looks', while hiding four of their close relatives in the cellar. One day, they have to cope with waves of German soldiers bursting through their houses; the next moment, the Warsaw ghetto burns; another day, they wake to find the frontline in their front garden." Inserted loosely into the book is a copy of documentation for the winner of Alan Marshall Award, 1978, of this particular book. A little creasing to the top book corners with rubbing of the book edges. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 269, [3] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Poland; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 090801175X. ISBN/EAN: 9780908011759. Inventory No: 0281271. Seller Inventory # 0281271
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