The Story of a Life

Aharon and his father are sent to a concentration camp and separated. Memory and trauma combine to create a patchwork of reminiscences. Aharon is ten years old when he escapes from the camp into the forests of Ukraine, and is overwhelmed by the sight of an apple tree laden with fruit.

Living off the land for two years before making the long journey south to Italy and eventually Israel and freedom, Appelfeld finally found a home in which he could make a life for himself, eventually becoming one of Israel''s most acclaimed writers. This is the extraordinary and painful memoir of his childhood and youth and a compelling account of a boy coming of age in a hostile world.<>

Product details

• Authors: Aharon Appelfeld, Appelfeld Aharon
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9780241681220
• ISBN: 978-0-241-68122-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Penguin Modern Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater