trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
TitleThe trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
Author
Call number813.54/0162
Object number08597m
Place of publicationBloomington, Indiana, United States
PublisherIndiana University Press.
Year of publication
2013
Physical descriptionpp146-159
MaterialArticle
Series titleJewish literature and culture
ISBN9780253008053
NotesArticle from the book 'Elie Wiesel, Jewish, literary, and moral perspectives.' pp146-159
Description
The author discusses Wiesel's novel, 'The Gates of the Forest' and how it speaks to the impossibility of language to represent trauma at the same time that it insists upon the endurance of individual and collective voices to put history on trial.
