Holocaust Fiction

Vice, Sue

ISBN 10: 041518553X / ISBN 13: 9780415185530

Published by Routledge, 2000

About this Item

239 pages. Clean, very good binding. Examines novels that deal with the Holocaust: Fragments by Binjamin Wilkomirski; Perdition by Jim Allen, The Hand that Signed the Paper by Helen Darville; Time's Arrow by Martin Amis, Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally, Sophie's Choice by William Styron and others ;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Holocaust Fiction
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041518553X
• ISBN 13: 9780415185530
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: NF
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Jewish Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Examining the controversies that have accompanied the publication of novels representing the Holocaust, this compelling book explores such literature to analyze their violently mixed receptions and what this says about the ethics and practice of millennial Holocaust literature. The novels examined, including some for the first time, are:

* Time's Arrow by Martin Amis
* The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas
* The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
* Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
* Sophie's Choice by William Styron
* The Hand that Signed the Paper by Helen Darville.

Taking issue with the idea that the Holocaust should only be represented factually, this compelling book argues that Holocaust fiction is not only legitimate, but an important genre that it is essential to accept. In a growing area of interest, Sue Vice adds a new, intelligent and contentious voice to the key debates within Holocaust studies.

About the Author

Sue Vice is Reader in English Literature at the University of Sheffield, and set up Britain's first Holocaust Studies MA. Her publications include Introducing Bakhtin (1997).