Bibliograph

Sefer, a novel, by Ewa Lipska ; translated from the Polish by Barbara Bogoczek & Tony Howard

Type

Label

Sefer, a novel, by Ewa Lipska ; translated from the Polish by Barbara Bogoczek & Tony Howard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Sefer

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

808199983

Responsibility statement

by Ewa Lipska ; translated from the Polish by Barbara Bogoczek & Tony Howard

Series statement

Mingling voices, 13

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Poetic, witty, and ever so faintly surreal, Sefer delicately explores the legacy of the Holocaust for the postwar generation, a generation for whom a devastating history has grown distant, both temporally and emotionally. Much like memory itself, Sefer speaks to us obliquely, through the juxtaposition of images and vignettes rather than through the construction of a linear narrative. With its fragmentary structure and its preference for hints rather than explanations, the novel belongs to the realm of the postmodern, while it also incorporates subtle elements of magical realism

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