Examines the writings of non-Jewish West German novelists from 1949 to 1990 to explore how West Germans remember the Holocaust and handle the burden of guilt associated with it
Michelle snapped her fingers, and her bird flew off his perch atop her head to make graceful circles around the ceiling. “Oh my God.” Suddenly Ellen began to laugh. “I don't have to wear that silly disguise anymore.
"Nobody in the family, except Aunt Ruth, talks about Ellen's grandmother Lola, who had been swallowed up by the circus then spit out as a woman who tamed tigers and got away scot free for killing her husband.
The Language of Silence
Focusing on individual authors from Heinrich Boll to Gunther Grass, Hermann Lenz to Peter Schneider, The Language of Silence offers an analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the Holocaust and its impact on ...
An analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the holocaust and its impact on post-war German society.
The Language of Silence: The Changing Face of Monastic Solitude
The Language of Silence
The Language of Silence