What are the Blind Men Dreaming?
Author | : Noemi Jaffe |
Publisher | : Deep Vellum Publishing |
Total Pages | : 171 |
Release | : 2016-10-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781941920374 |
ISBN-13 | : 1941920373 |
Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "This is much more than a survival story. It is the story of how the scars of a woman can be and are passed through generations. It is about being a woman, a mother, and a daughter."—Gabriela Almeida, Continente "An infinite work."—O Estadão de São Paulo A groundbreaking use of storytelling to bear witness to the Holocaust features three generations of women's own voices—Liwia's diary written upon liberation from Auschwitz; daughter Noemi Jaffe exploring the power of memory, survival, and bearing witness; and granddaughter Leda, Noemi's daughter, on the significance of the Holocaust and Jewish identity seventy years after the war.