trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number813.54/0162
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08597m
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Bloomington, Indiana, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Indiana University Press.
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2013
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp146-159
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]Series title[nb-NO]Jewish literature and culture
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780253008053
NotesArticle from the book 'Elie Wiesel, Jewish, literary, and moral perspectives.' pp146-159
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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.