Blood from the Sky Contributor(s): Rawicz, Piotr (Author), Wiles, Peter (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0300078307 ISBN-13: 9780300078305 Publisher: Yale University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 2003 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2002115063 |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.56" W x 8.38" L (0.83 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Holocaust |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "Rawicz extended the frontier of artistic expression, by giving the unbearable a bearable frame."--from the introduction With the publication of this paperback edition of Piotr Rawicz's prizewinning Blood from the Sky, a classic of Holocaust literature emerges from many years out of print. A novel of richness and deep originality, it tells the story of Boris D., a Jewish resident of Lvov who poses as a non-Jew to evade the Nazis. Boris survives imprisonment in a death camp and moves to Paris following the war. Yet his account of his experiences is no celebration of survival; it is rather a commemoration of the horrifying deaths of countless others. Rawicz in this work has found a possible response to the events of the Holocaust: an unforgettable cry of lyric pain that transforms the horrors of history and memory into art. |
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