The War After - Couverture souple

Karpf, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0749320095 ISBN 13 : 9780749320096

Editeur : Mandarin, 1997

Synopsis

Anne Karpf's Polish-born parents survived the Nazi Holocaust. When they came to Britain they told their stories to their children, who came to feel responsible for their parents' well being. The need to protect and nourish her parents took precedence over almost every other impulse, stunting her development until finally, with the return of rampaging childhood eczema in her early thirties, her skin began to articulate some of the buried distress and anger. With the help of psychoanalysis, she explored the ways in which her experiences had been coloured by those of her parents, met other children of Holocaust survivors and eventually, with the birth of her own child, began to accept, understand and be proud of her heritage. Entwining Karpf's odyssey with the accounts of her parents survival, this book examines the history of British attitudes to Jews and to the Holocaust as well as the growing international literature on the children of Holocaust survivors, and turns an often wry comic eye on the parent-child struggle.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Anne Karpf's parents survived the Nazi Holocaust. Her mother, a concert pianist when she was eighteen, was a survivor of Plaszow and Auschwitz concentrations camps. Her father survived several Russian labour camps. When they came to Britain in 1947, their pasts came with them. In this thought-provoking and moving memoir, Anne Karpf explores the profound impact of her parents' wartime experiences on her daily life. Combining a gripping account of her parents' survival, a sharp examination of the history of British attitudes to Jews and to the Holocaust, and turning an often wryly comic eye on the parent-child struggle, The War After is a fascinating and deeply touching story. When originally published in 1996 it was widely acclaimed: 'Painful and honest.' Observer 'Fascinating and revealing.' Literary Review 'Anne Karpf is a skilled storyteller, moving naturally between her own history and that of her parents in a way that neither intrudes nor distorts.' TLS 'A vibrantly live memoir about growing up in a Holocaust home ... At times brutally sad, The War After is also a rich and funny exploration of the struggle between a child and her parents.' Independent on Sunday

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mandarin
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0749320095
• ISBN 13: 9780749320096
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible