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About Aharon Appelfeld
See more books from this AuthorA lyrical, impressionistic memoir by a Holocaust survivor who was only seven when the Nazis first blackened the sun.
May 20 2010 | Read Full Review of The Story of a Life: A MemoirAharon Appelfeld's memoir of a life shaped by the Holocaust, full of the remembrance of things nonverbal and things left unsaid.
Oct 31 2004 | Read Full Review of The Story of a Life: A MemoirThe Story of a Life by Aharon Appelfeld, translated by Aloma Halter 208pp, Hamish Hamilton, £14.99 Like a series of luminous paintings discovered in the darkness of a vaulted church after the bombs have fallen, this memoir evokes a wonder which is on the other side of language.
Sep 24 2005 | Read Full Review of The Story of a Life: A MemoirOnly the most artful writer could relate nearly seven decades of life—a life that encompasses the Holocaust, resettlement in Palestine, army service, university studies with the likes of Gershom Scholem and Martin Buber, finding his writer's voice—in barely more than 200 pages and leave the reade...
Oct 04 2004 | Read Full Review of The Story of a Life: A MemoirAn aggregated and normalized score based on 6 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes