"This important anthology sheds much light on the aesthetic and
moral role of writers in representing the Shoah. By including both
survivors and non-witnessing authors in their study, the Raphaels
emphasize the universal and ongoing nature of this crucial issue."
--Alan L. Berger, author, Children of Job: American
Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust "The Raphaels have
gathered for us--teachers, students, readers--a collection of short
stories built on silence: from the unspeakable events of the
Holocaust through the profound silence of history to the decorous
silence of racism and probity. 'The story of the Holocaust] is
never-ending, ' says the introduction. Without this book we'd know
less than we must know to stay alive." --Hilda Raz, editor, The
Prairie Schooner Anthology of Contemporary Jewish Writing Both
survivors of the Holocaust and those who were not there agree that
it is impossible to tell what happened as the Nazi Final Solution
was put into effect. No writing can adequately imagine the
concentration camps, ghettos, and death camps. And that is
precisely why writers must tell--and retell--what happened there.
In When Night Fell, Linda Schermer Raphael and Marc Lee Raphael
have collected twenty-six short stories that tell of the human toll
of the Holocaust on those who survived its horrors, as well as
later generations touched by its memory. The stories are framed by
discussion of the current debate about who owns the Holocaust and
who is entitled to speak about it. Some of the stories included
here are by internationally acclaimed authors. Others may be new to
many readers. When Night Fell is a fitting memorial to this
genocidal horror, putting eloquent voice to human endurance that
is--almost--beyond words. The authors included in When Night Fell:
S. Y. Agnon, Yehuda Amichai, Aharon Appelfeld, Sholem Asch, Giorgio
Bassani, Rachmil Bryks, Chaver Paver, Ida (Stein) Fink, Pierre
Gascar, Chaim Grade, Henryk Grynberg, Rachel Haring Korn, Arnost
Lustig, Sara Nomberg-Przytyk, Hans Peter Richter, Isaiah Spiegel,
Leonard Tushnet, S. L. Wisenberg, and Jerzy Zawieyski.
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