Jewish Fiction category: 695 books

This study is devoted to the tracing of the Hebrew literary influence of the Greek text of the New Testament. It discusses specifically one form, the extensive use of the inverted order called chiasmus, a form that seems to be a part of Hebrew thought itself, whether in poetry or in prose. Originally...

When reality becomes fantastic, what literary effects will render it credible or comprehensible? To respond meaningfully to the surreality of the Holocaust, writers must produce works of moral and emotional complexity. One way they have achieved this is through elements of fantasy. Covering a range...

Uno de los factores de cambio en el paso de las sociedades tradicionales a la sociedad moderna ha sido el acceso de las mujeres a la educación, lo cual facilita su participación en la sociedad como ciudadanas de pleno derecho. El aprendizaje de la lectoescritura se convierte así en un medio de...

Il piccolo Ruben è un «giudeo cacasotto»: così lo deridono i compagni di classe, fino a quando un giorno la scuola gli viene per sempre preclusa. Ma lui non ne fa un dramma. Meglio le lezioni private di clarinetto dal professor Nussbaum, uno che suonava con i Wiener Philarmoniker prima che lo...

Anne Frank (1929-1945) è diventata celebre grazie al suo diario, che ha commosso e continua a commuovere lettori di tutte le età. Mirjam Pressler ne fa un ritratto biografico a tutto tondo, soffermandosi sulle contraddizioni e facendo emergere i talenti e le aspirazioni di questa giovane ebrea nata...

Holocaust Representations in History is an introduction to critical questions and debates surrounding the depiction, chronicling and memorialization of the Holocaust through the historical analysis of some of the most provocative and significant works of Holocaust representation. In a series...

Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, à été relu et corrigé. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique. Extrait: Nous assistons en France, et depuis longtemps déjà, à un spectacle...

Holocaust History and the Readings of Ka-Tzetnik provides the first extensive exploration of the reception of Ka-Tzetnik's work and the role that his books have played in the larger discussion of the Holocaust and its memorialization around the world. Including contributions from an international...

The Bloomsbury Companion to Holocaust Literature is a comprehensive reference resource including a wealth of critical material on a diverse range of topics within the literary study of Holocaust writing. At its centre is a series of specially commissioned essays by leading scholars within the field:...

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. In CliffsNotes on Wiesel's Night, you follow the humanistic first-person account of a teenage boy's incarceration by the Nazi Secret Service in World...

This book is concerned with the aporias, or impasses, of forgiveness, especially in relation to the legacy of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Banki argues that, while forgiveness of the Holocaust is and will remain impossible, we cannot...

André Herzberg erzählt die Geschichte einer jüdischen Familie, drei Generationen vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bis in die Gegenwart. Der Großvater Heinrich Zimmermann hatte es vom einfachen Lederhändler zum mittelständischen Unternehmer gebracht, pflegte ein deutschnationales Weltbild. In buchstäblich...

Philip Meinholds siebzigjährige Mutter äußert überraschend den Wunsch, gemeinsam mit ihren drei Kindern und den älteren der Enkel nach Auschwitz zu fahren. Sie selbst galt nach den nationalsozialistischen Rassengesetzen als "Jüdischer Mischling zweiten Grades", ihre Verwandten wurden...

Der Epochenübergang von der Vormoderne in die Moderne wird durch die Industrielle Revolution markiert. Einen anschaulichen Überblick über die Grundzüge dieser die »westliche Welt« prägenden Entwicklung bietet die vorliegende Einführung. Ausgehend von der Agrarrevolution des 18. Jahrhunderts...