Shadow Of Death

Preface

Introduction: “Literature After Auschwitz”?

The Holocaust Experience From Within

Aharon Appelfeld: Premonition And Illusion In The Pre-Holocaust Years In Badenheim 1939

Elie Wiesel: The Night Of Auschwitz –The Right To Question

Primo Levi: Survival In Auschwitz — An Essay On Man

Ka-tzetnik: ‘Star Of Ashes’ Becomes Star Eternal — Depiction Of Another Planet

Jerzy Kosinki: The Painted Bird — The Risk Of Metaphor

After The Holocaust — Experience From Without

Hanoch Bartov: Late Encounter With The Holocaust – Paradigms, Rhythms, And Concepts In The Brigade

Hayim Gouri: Concept Of Post-Holocaust Reality In The Chocolate Deal

Yehuda Amichai: Fractured Soul In A Split Reality After The Holocaust In Not Of This Time, Not Of This Place

Bibliography

Authors And Artists Biographies

About The Author; Books By The Author

Additional Info
The Shadow of Death: Letters in Flames is an analytical study of eight major Jewish and Israeli writers who wrote about the experience of the Shoah (Holocaust). The book is divided into two main sections. The first section “The Holocaust Experience from Within” analyzes literary works by the writers Aharon Appelfeld, Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Ka-tzetnik, and Jerzy Kosinski – who experienced the Holocaust firsthand. The second section is devoted to “After the Holocaust – Experience from Without,” concentrating mainly on the literary analysis of works by writers who responded to the Holocaust after the event. They are the Israeli writers Hanoch Bartov, Hayim Gouri, and Yehuda Amichai. The book is literary oriented with a prominent focus on textual and literary analysis of major examples of Holocaust literature. It purports to examine the texts under study and analyze them by pointing out literary devices that indicate the writers’ perception of the Holocaust and their attempt to convey the meaning and significance of the Holocaust to the modern reader.