MOTHER OF THE WIRE FENCE- INSIDE/OUTSIDE THE HOLOCAUST

Holocaust/Judaic Studies/Jewish-Christian Relations.

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Is it possible to emphathize fully with the victims of the Holocaust?  Can those who approach the Holocaust in the aftermath ever know it in a way that does not trivialize its horror?  With what language can we speak of such an event without at the same time betraying its meaning?  In this powerful book, Karl A Plank takes a hard look at these questions as he explores the boundaries that lie between those outside and those inside the experience of the Holocaust.

This book tries to bridge inside and outside as it studies the power of poetry, artifact, memory, and religious symbol to responsdto the Holocaust's shattering of human connection.  This bridge is essential so that we avoid giving a posthumous victory to the oppressors by silencing its victims forever.

This book is an extended meditation on the Event that has defined the twentieth century.....The mark of authentic literature after the Holocaust is how shaken we are by what we read, how uncomfortable the reader, how troubling the insight.  Plank's work is authentic, its truth painful.  He has taken us close to the inside, certainly too close to be comfortable, perhaps more close that we desire.

This 169 page softcover has the lightest of corner crease to front bottom corner and there are light corner bumps and minimal edgewear.  It is otherwise in a very good, tight, clean condition inside and out. 

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