Holy Week : a novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising / Jerzy Andrzejewski ; introduction and commentary by Oscar E. Swan ; foreword by Jan Gross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrzejewski, Jerzy, 1909-1983.

Contributor:

Swan, Oscar E.

Series:

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series

Standardized Title:

Wielki Tydzień. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Warsaw (Poland)--History--Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943--Fiction.

Warsaw (Poland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 149 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At the height of the Nazi extermination campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto, a young Jewish woman, Irena, seeks the protection of her former lover, a young architect, Jan Malecki. By taking her in, he puts his own life and the safety of his family at risk. Over a four-day period, Tuesday through Friday of Holy Week 1943, as Irena becomes increasingly traumatized by her situation, Malecki questions his decision to shelter Irena in the apartment where Malecki, his pregnant wife, and his younger brother reside. Added to his dilemma is the broader context of Poles' attitudes toward the "Jewish question

Contents:

""Foreword""; ""Series Editor's Preface""; ""Acknowledgments and Notes on the Translation""; ""Note on the Author""; ""Note on the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising""; ""Introduction ||| Jerzy Andrzejewski's Holy Week""; ""Guide to Pronunciation""; ""Holy Week""; ""Afterword ||| Andrzej Wajda's Film Holy Week""; ""Notes""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-149).

ISBN:

9780821442203

0821442201

OCLC:

191934450