| [Chleb Rzucony Umarlym. English]: Bread for the Departed / Tr. from the Polish by Madeline G. Levine Translated Edition Contributor(s): Wojdowski, Bogdan (Author), Levine, Madeline G. (Translator), Grynberg, Henryk (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0810114569 ISBN-13: 9780810114562 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: Bogdan Wojdowski's novel Bread for the Departed details the experience of the Jewish community in Warsaw between 1940 and 1942; the final chapters take place during the mass deportation of Warsaw's Jewish community to death camps. Episodic, chaotic as the teeming ghetto itself, the novel records the inexorable breakdown of morals and loyalties that accompanied the physical deterioration of the ghetto population. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97-27125 |
| Series: Jewish Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.52" W x 8.72" (1.09 lbs) 404 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bread for the Departed details the experience of the Jewish community in Warsaw between 1940 and 1942; the final chapters take place during the mass deportation of Warsaw's Jewish community to death camps. Episodic, chaotic as the teeming ghetto itself, the novel records the inexorable breakdown of morals and loyalties that accompanied the physical deterioration of the ghetto population. |