trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
TitreThe trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
Auteur
Call number813.54/0162
N° d'objet08597m
Lieu de publicationBloomington, Indiana, United States
EditeurIndiana University Press.
Année de publication
2013
Paginationpp146-159
MatérielArticle
SérieJewish 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.