Aharon Appelfeld's Fiction: Acknowledging the Holocaust

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Aharon Appelfeld’s Fiction Jewish Literature and Culture Series Editor, Alvin H. Rosenfeld E M I LY M I L L E R B U D I C K Aharon Appelfeld’s Fiction Acknowledging the Holocaust indiana university press Bloomington and Indianapolis This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2005 by Emily Miller Budick All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Budick, E. Miller. Aharon Appelfeld’s ¤ction : acknowledging the Holocaust / Emily Miller Budick. p. cm. — (Jewish literature and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34492-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Appelfeld, Aron—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PJ5054.A755Z58 2004 892.4′36—dc22 2004021157 1 2 3 4 5 10 09 08 07 06 05 To Sandy Rachel and Shaul Ayelet and Yuval Hananel, Michah, Tzeelah, and Amos and, as always, in memory of Yochanan ...