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The butterfly and the axe / Omer Bartov.
Van Pelt Library PS3602.A7788 B88 2023
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bartov, Omer, author.
- Series:
- New Jewish fiction
- New Jewish fiction / Amsterdam Publishers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust victims--Ukraine--Fiction.
- Holocaust victims.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Ukraine--Fiction.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Murder victims--Ukraine--20th century--Fiction.
- Murder victims.
- Generational trauma--Fiction.
- Generational trauma.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects--Fiction.
- Psychic trauma--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Creative nonfiction
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 180 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Oegstgeest] : Amsterdam Publishers, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Spring 1944. A Jewish family is murdered in a remote Ukrainian village. Who were they? Who were the killers? Three generations later, an Israeli woman and a British man of Ukrainian origins set out to find out how their families were implicated in this crime. They also discover how this untold murder has warped their own lives. Narrated by an unnamed historian, and based on fragments of memories, testimonies, diaries, letters and confessions, this novel seeks to fill a gap in the historical record of the Holocaust by reimagining those who were murdered and erased from memory, and to shed light on the transgenerational effects of trauma." -- Back cover.
- Notes:
- "This book contains autobiographical and historical elements but is ultimately a work of fiction."--Author's note.
- ISBN:
- 9789493276703
- 9493276708
- 9789493276697
- 9493276694
- OCLC:
- 1399455588
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