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Bezig met laden... The Letters That Never Camedoor Mauricio Rosencof
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Originally published in Spanish in 2000 and first appearing in English in 2004, The Letters that Never Came is an autobiographical novel in three parts that reflects Rosencof?s life growing up in 1930s Uruguay as the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants and, later, his twelve-year imprisonment during the military dictatorship his country suffered. Part I is a rich evocation of life in Montevideo in the mid-1930s as seen through the eyes of young Moishe. Every day, Moishe's father waits for the postman, hoping for news of his family, who are prisoners of the Nazis. Interspersed among Moishe?s reminiscences are the letters those relatives might have written?but never came. In Part II, Moishe is imprisoned in the dungeons of the military junta that governed Uruguay in the 1970s and 1980s. Tortured and starving, he takes refuge in the world of his imagination, composing another letter that never came?a letter to his father that embodies his own quest for identity. Part III is largely a meditation on the redemptive power of the word, real and imagined. This poignant, humane work, as Uruguayan and Jewish as it is universal, links the cruelty of the Holocaust to that of the Uruguayan military and the resistance of Hitler's victims to his own. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)863.64Literature Spanish and Portuguese Spanish fiction 20th Century 1945-2000LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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>>This is the story of a Jewish family that emigrated to Uruguay. The protagonist, from his childhood perspective and as adult, tells the story of his family, from a father who fought in World War I to those caught in the German concentration camps to his own experience as a prisoner of the Uruguayan juntas. Written in the form of letters that were never sent, he asks questions of his father and keeps memories alive. A short reading but a very moving book." ( )