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Carol Volk (trans) and
Robert Bober
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New Pr
Publication date
January 24, 2012
Pages
195
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781595587015
ISBN-10
1595587012
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.55 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
Summaries and Reviews
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Coming of age in 1960s Paris, Bernard Appelbaum exists in the hazy shadow of the Holocaust and on the electric cusp of the French New Wave. We find the narrator of Wide Awake as he wanders the city streets in search of signs of his father, who was deported by the Nazis in 1942. Bernardâs chance encounter with a former acquaintance who has become filmmaker François Truffautâs assistant leads to a spot as an extra on the set of Jules and JimÂsetting into motion a series of discoveries and lost memories that crack open a hidden past.
On seeing Jules and Jim, Bernardâs mother is moved to divulge the secrets of her own past as a Jewish-Polish immigrant to France, which curiously mirrors that of the filmâs heroine. When revelations about his motherâs two loves lead Bernard on a fateful journey through Paris, to Germany, and back to Poland and Auschwitz itself, he must plumb haunting depths in order to recover his own identity.
A beautiful and mysterious fictional memoir with echoes of W.G. Sebaldâs Austerlitz, this riveting new work by one of Franceâs celebrated directors and writers will be a major new contribution to the literature of memory, loss, and how we grapple with the legacy of the Holocaust.
On seeing Jules and Jim, Bernardâs mother is moved to divulge the secrets of her own past as a Jewish-Polish immigrant to France, which curiously mirrors that of the filmâs heroine. When revelations about his motherâs two loves lead Bernard on a fateful journey through Paris, to Germany, and back to Poland and Auschwitz itself, he must plumb haunting depths in order to recover his own identity.
A beautiful and mysterious fictional memoir with echoes of W.G. Sebaldâs Austerlitz, this riveting new work by one of Franceâs celebrated directors and writers will be a major new contribution to the literature of memory, loss, and how we grapple with the legacy of the Holocaust.
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With Robert Bober |
from New Pr (January 24, 2012)
9781595587015 | details & prices | 195 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Coming of age in 1960s Paris, Bernard Appelbaum exists in the hazy shadow of the Holocaust and on the electric cusp of the French New Wave.
About: Coming of age in 1960s Paris, Bernard Appelbaum exists in the hazy shadow of the Holocaust and on the electric cusp of the French New Wave.
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