Do facts matter in Holocaust memoirs? Wilkomirsky/Wiesel
TitoloDo facts matter in Holocaust memoirs? Wilkomirsky/Wiesel
Autore
Call number940.5318/0289
Numero oggetto02430b
Luogo di pubblicazioneSyracuse, New York, United States
EditoreSyracuse University Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2006
Paginazionepp21-42
MaterialeArticle
SerieReligion, Theology and the Holocaust
ISBN9780815630647
NotesArticle from the book 'Obliged by memory' pp21-42
Descrizione
This essay explores what happens to the gap between facts and writing when the latter is concerned with issues of great collective significance such as the Holocaust. Two examples are discussed -Fragments and All Rivers Run to the Sea, both raise questions about memory and its relation to historical truth.