The House of Memory and Oblivion
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This novel gives hope that a person can hide even from absolute evil. To hide from it, to be stronger than any circumstances. Albert Weiss manages to survive during the Holocaust, but memories haunt him all his life, like the sound of the train taking his parents to Auschwitz and turning his younger brother into a bird. Many years later, walking through New York, Albert comes across the House of Memory and Oblivion - going inside, one can forever forget everything that has tormented him for so long. But isn't it memory that gives us true knowledge of ourselves? And what if, besides the physical world, permeated with evil, there is another - subtle, otherworldly one? Will not his dear ones disappear from it if Albert erases the tormenting images from his memory?
Philip David's novel, by the outstanding contemporary Serbian writer, is a patchwork quilt of memories, letters, and visions - illustrating Hannah Arendt's theory of the banality of evil and collective responsibility for what has been done while simultaneously refuting it.
Author:
Author:David F.
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:Fiction
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:20x13x1.4 cm
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907428-88-1
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