Summer Haven The Catskills, the Holocaust, and the Literary Imagination |
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| Author:
| Levitsky, Holli
Brown, Phil |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61811-516-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $41.80 |
Book Description:
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Provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir. It explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction the pleasure of their summer haven against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. It also examines the character of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills.
Provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir. It explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction the pleasure of their summer haven against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. It also examines the character of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills.