| When the Menorah Fades Contributor(s): Preigerzon, Zvi (Author), Lahav, Alex (Editor), Shalom, Binyamin (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1644692481 ISBN-13: 9781644692486 Publisher: Cherry Orchard Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 891.436 |
| LCCN: 2019035142 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.55 lbs) 460 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When the Menorah Fades is a fictionalized account of the town of Hadiach, Ukraine, a small Jewish community destroyed by Nazi occupation during World War II. Based on interviews with the surviving residents of Hadiach, Zvi Preigerzon imagines the everyday experiences of ordinary Jewish people during the war. Interweaved with Hebrew and Yiddish expressions and songs, biblical metaphors, and Kabbalistic spiritual elements, a story emerges: resistance in the face of unimaginable cruelty. A former prisoner of Stalin's Gulag, Preigerzon wrote this book in complete secrecy, even hiding its existence from his own family. It was originally published under a pen name in Hebrew in 1966 and now appears in English with an introduction by the author's grandson. |