The Shawl (Vintage International)

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Denise Morland, February 18, 2009 (view all comments by Denise Morland)
There are two short stories in this edition, The Shawl and Rosa. Both are stunning and heartbreaking stories of the holocaust. In the first a woman watches, helpless, as a concentration camp guard murders her infant daughter. In the second that same woman is in America living with her memories.

I have read many stories of the victims of the holocaust about the terror and bravery, but I don't think I've ever come across one addressing how some dealt with the horror through insanity. Here, Rosa fixates on a shawl that becomes almost magical in its abilities. In a unique way the shawl allows Rosa to keep living even in the face of the unimaginable.

I listened to this book on audio and was immediately immersed, transported into the bleak, empty, fierce world of a holocaust survivor. These are short stories at their best, thick and concentrated, demanding your full attention, and leaving you breathless and gasping at the end.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679729266

Editor:

Walther, LuAnn

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Author:

Ozick, Cynthia

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Short Stories (single author)

Subject:

Jews

Subject:

Holocaust, jewish

Subject:

Jews -- History -- Fiction.

Subject:

Jewish fiction.

Subject:

Jews -- Fiction.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

1990

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage International (Paperback)

Publication Date:

19900831

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

96

Dimensions:

8.02x5.27x.30 in. .26 lbs.