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A Thousand Darknesses Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction

ISBN: 9780195313963 | 0195313968
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 11/12/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
What is the difference between writing a novel about the Holocaust and fabricating a memoir? Do narratives about the Holocaust have a special obligation to be 'truthful'--that is, faithful to the facts of history? Or is it okay to lie in such works? In her provocative study A Thousand Darknesses , Ruth Franklin investigates these questions as they arise in the most significant works of Holocaust fiction, from Tadeusz Borowski's Auschwitz stories to Jonathan Safran Foer's postmodernist family history. Franklin argues that the memory-obsessed cul... MORE
Introduction: The Anvil and the Cruciblep. 1
The Witnesses
Angry Young Manp. 23
The Alchemistp. 45
The Kabbalist in the Death Campsp. 69
The Antiwitnessp. 89
The Bird Painterp. 103
Child of Auschwitzp. 121
Those Who Came After
A Story for Youp. 143
The Ghost Writerp... MORE
The Effect of the Realp. 183
Willing Executionersp. 199
Identity Theft: The Second Generationp. 215
Conclusion: The Third Generationp. 235
Indexp. 245
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Ruth Franklin is a senior editor at The New Republic.

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