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Awake In The Dark

by Shira Nayman
Awake In The Dark

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ISBN13: 9780743292818
ISBN10: 0743292812
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Bold and deeply affecting, Awake in the Dark is a provocative and haunting work of fiction about who we are and how we are formed by history. These luminous stories portray the contemporary lives of the children of Holocaust victims and perpetrators as they struggle with the legacy of their parents--their questions of identity, family, and faith.

In "The House on Kronen-strasse," a woman returns to Germany to find her childhood home; in "The Porcelain Monkey," the shocking origins of an Orthodox Jewish woman's faith are revealed; in "The Lamp," the harrowing experiences of a young woman leave her with the perfect daughter and a strange light; and in "Dark Urgings of the Blood," a patient is convinced that she shares a disturbing history with her psychiatrist.

Rendered in powerful, unaffected prose, Awake in the Dark is an illuminating and startling book about the disguises we don, the secrets we keep, and the consequences of our silences.

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"Awake in the Dark quietly and forcefully insists that despite every wish to remain asleep, comforted by unconsciousness, we are all much better served by opening our eyes to the truth."

-- San Francisco Chronicle

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"The beautiful and deftly plotted stories in Awake in the Dark are like nothing out there."

-- Newsday

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"I'm shaken by Shira Nayman's brilliant and mystical stories. She writes with wisdom and courage."

-- Ursula Hegi, author of The Worst Thing I've Done and Stones from the River

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"Brave and bracing...Awake in the Dark is plotted in that perfect way that stops our breath even as our brain hums with pleasure."

-- The Plain Dealer

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"A haunting excursion into the past...Each story is a literary page-turner with a classic O. Henry twist."

-- The Atlantic Monthly


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Shira Nayman grew up in Australia. She has a master's degree in comparative literature and a doctorate in clinical psychology, and has worked as a psychologist and a marketing consultant. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, New England Review, and Boulevard. The recipient of two grants from the Australia Council for the Arts Literature Board, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children.

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Profound, beautiful and haunting

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ISBN:
9780743292818
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
09/04/2007
Publisher:
SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE
Pages:
320
Height:
.93IN
Width:
5.06IN
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
UPC Code:
2800743292810
Author:
Shira Nayman
Subject:
Holocaust survivors
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Stories (single author)
Subject:
Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
Subject:
Children of Holocaust survivors

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