How can a fictional text adequately or meaningfully represent the events                  of the Holocaust? Drawing on philosopher Stanley Cavell's ideas about                  "acknowledgment" as a respectful attentiveness to the world, Emily Miller                  Budick develops a penetrating philosophical analysis of major works by                  internationally prominent Israeli writer Aharon Appelfeld. Through sensitive                  discussions of the novels Badenheim 1939, The Iron Tracks, The Age of Wonders, and                  Tzili, and the autobiographical work The Story of My Life, Budick reveals the                  compelling art with which Appelfeld renders the sights, sensations, and experiences                  of European Jewish life preceding, during, and after the Second World War. She                  argues that it is through acknowledging the incompleteness of our knowledge and                  understanding of the catastrophe that Appelfeld's fiction produces not only its                  stunning aesthetic power but its affirmation and faith in both the human and the                  divine. This beautifully written book provides a moving introduction to the work of                  an important and powerful writer and an enlightening meditation on how fictional                  texts deepen our understanding of historical events.Jewish                  Literature and Culture -- Alvin H. Rosenfeld, editor

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