{"product_id":"9781558616745","title":"Hold On to the Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Israeli author’s poetry, essays, and stories on the haunting legacy of WWII “swirl mystically out of history and into dazzling floods of wonder” (Don DeLillo, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this portrait of the artist as a young woman, one of Israel’s most acclaimed contemporary writers weaves together a kaleidoscope of fiction, poetry, and essays. Populated by both fictional and real people, each tale is in some way a search for meaning in a post-Holocaust world.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Reminiscent of W.G. Sebald, characters irrationally and humanely find reason for hope in a world that offers little. Essays describe Govrin’s visits to Poland as a young adult, where her mother had survived a death camp, but had lost her husband and their child, Govrin’s half-brother. Capturing the depths of denial and the exuberance of youth in a multiplicity of voices, this haunting collection “joins the few serious books that try through artistic means to face the unspeakable” (Aharon Appelfield, author of \u003ci\u003eBadenheim 1939\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Feminist Press at CUNY, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137550303472,"sku":"9781558616745","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558616745_p0.jpg?v=1763757539","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558616745","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}