Holocaust and the shadow text of 'Anna and the swallow man'
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]The Holocaust and the shadow text of 'Anna and the swallow man'
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03469pm
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Oxford University Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2021
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp79-94
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies'Vol.35 No.1 Spring 2021 pp79-94
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This article addresses the challenges that face any attempt to render the Holocaust knowable through fiction. Analyzing Gavriel Savit's novel "Anna and the swallow man", it argues that the text contains deliberate gaps and ambiguities. All of these gaps suggest a shadow text - a version of the story unavailable to a younger reader