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On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 / Chava Rosenfarb ; translated from the Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenfarb, Chawa, 1923-2011.
- Series:
- Library of world fiction.
- Library of world fiction
- The tree of life ; 1
- Standardized Title:
- Boym fun lebn. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Jews--Persecutions--Fiction.
- Jews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- On the Brink of the Precipice, the first volume of the trilogy The Tree of Life, describes the lives of the novel's ten protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto before the outbreak of World War II. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create realistic characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through this novel's every page.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- BOOK I The Year 1939
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: Melbourne, Australia : Scribe, c1985.
- ISBN:
- 0-299-20453-7
- OCLC:
- 932317746
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