How can a fictional text adequately or meaningfully represent
the events of the Holocaust? Drawing on philosopher Stanley Cavell
s ideas about "acknowledgment" as a respectful attentiveness to the
world, Emily Miller Budick develops a penetrating philosophical
analysis of major works by internationally prominent Israeli writer
Aharon Appelfeld. Through sensitive discussions of the novels
Badenheim 1939, The Iron Tracks, The Age of Wonders, and Tzili, and
the autobiographical work The Story of My Life, Budick reveals the
compelling art with which Appelfeld renders the sights, sensations,
and experiences of European Jewish life preceding, during, and
after the Second World War. She argues that it is through
acknowledging the incompleteness of our knowledge and understanding
of the catastrophe that Appelfeld s fiction produces not only its
stunning aesthetic power but its affirmation and faith in both the
human and the divine. This beautifully written book provides a
moving introduction to the work of an important and powerful writer
and an enlightening meditation on how fictional texts deepen our
understanding of historical events.
Jewish Literature and Culture Alvin H. Rosenfeld, editor"
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