The Tree of Life, Book One: On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 (Library of World Fiction)

Chava Rosenfarb

ISBN 10: 0299204545 / ISBN 13: 9780299204549

Published by University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

About this Item

Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Seller Inventory # M0299204545Z3

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tree of Life, Book One: On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 (Library of World Fiction)
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299204545
• ISBN 13: 9780299204549
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

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.

Winner of the 1972 J. J. Segal Prize and the 1979 Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature

About the Author

Chava Rosenfarb is a Holocaust survivor who has published poetry, prose, and drama in both English and Yiddish.  Her English titles include Bociany and Of Lodz and Love. She now resides in Alberta, Canada.