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In addition to illuminating some of the more subtle insights of Jewish mysticism, this novel recounts the experiences of the Jews after the Holocaust.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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Original Language: French
From a French poet and playwright who was hidden from the Nazis during WW II, an autobiographical novel about an anorexic Jewish teenager and her wealthy family in the postwar years. Institutionalized in a Swiss sanitorium, the girl is eventually rehabilitated by study, love, and the example of an adopted brother who lost his family in the camps yet is able ``to respond to Auschwitz with the decision to be happy.'' This is a spare, poetic, formally challenging work--with interleaved, fragmentary scenes from several decades and characters designated by identifying phrases rather than names (the protagonist is called ``No''; her adopted brother is ``I will create myself''), an intriguing and effective device that nonetheless becomes cumbersome as the cast grows. A valiant attempt to transmute pain into art, the book is especially interesting for its experimentation and insights into anorexia. Some will find it ultimately unsatisfying because the Holocaust is such an overwhelming event that, even when dealt with tangentially as it is here, it makes No's sufferings, life- threatening though they are, seem trivial by comparison. The greater redemptive mystery is the life of I will create myself; and yet the bystander's agonizing ``Starvation, of the soul, of the spirit, of the heart, and finally, of the flesh itself'' is a real part of the larger tragedy. Translator's glossary of French terms and unfamiliar names. (Fiction. 14+) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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- PublisherHenry Holt & Co
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0805030549
- ISBN 13 9780805030549
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages86
- IllustratorDesimini Lisa
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Book Description Boards. Desimini, Lisa (illustrator). First edition. 8vo, 86 pp. Inscribed and signed by the translator to Jerome and Diane Rothenberg. Foxing to top edge, light handling and edgewear to jacket. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Seller Inventory # 14762
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American Edition, 1st Printing. 86p. INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Binding slightly cockeyed and top corners lightly bumped; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a touch of wear at the top of the spine, but is otherwise intact. A novel dealing with the mental health of Holocaust survivors, as well as issues like anorexia and survivor's guilt. This copy is inscribed by the translator, Rochelle Owens, to Norman Finkelstein, the well-known Jewish critic of the state of Israel. Seller Inventory # 194756
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