The Story of a Life
$24.73
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
19 November 2024
Summary
An astonishing memoir of the Holocaust through the eyes of a child, and an exquisite meditation on memory and trauma.
Aharon Appelfeld was the beloved only child of middle-class Jewish parents living in what is now Ukraine at the outbreak of World War Two. Their peaceful life is upended when soldiers invade their town. His mother is shot dead in her own garden. The then-seven-year-old Aharon does not witness her murder, but he does hear her scream.
Aharon and his father are se…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241681220 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241681227 |
| Author: | Aharon Appelfeld |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 19 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 158g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
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Critics Review
Appelfeld’s honesty and clarity are models for other writers to emulate… a beautiful book – John Self * Observer *
Heartstopping * New York Times Book Review *
Exquisite, and at times exquisitely sad … This great memoir is about much more than the Holocaust * Publishers Weekly *
About The Author
Aharon Appelfeld
Aharon Appelfeld authored more than 45 acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction and received many international awards including the MLA Commonwealth Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction prize, the prix Medicis etranger, the Israel prize, and the Nelly Sachs prize. Born in Czernowitz, Bukovina (now part of Ukraine) in 1932, he survived the Holocaust and passed away in Israel in 2018.
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