My Holocaust

Zusatztext "A deliciously wicked satirical novel" Informationen zum Autor Tova Reich is the author of the novels Mara (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Master of the Return (Harcourt), and The Jewish War (Pantheon), all of which are available in paperback from Syracuse University Press. Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, AGNI, Conjunctions, and elsewhere, and have been included in several anthologies. She has written essays and reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New Leader, The Wilson Quarterly, and other publications. In 1996, Harper’s won the National Magazine Award for Fiction for her story, “The Lost Girl.” Klappentext Successful father-and-son business partners Maurice and Norman Messer know a good product when they see it. That product is the Holocaust—and they market it enthusiastically. Maurice is a survivor with a self-inflated personal history. Norman enjoys vicarious victimhood via the second-generation movement. And nothing will prevent them from pushing their agenda and reaping the rewards. Not guilt, pride, or ethics. Not the disappearance of Norman's daughter, Nechama, into the Carmelite convent at Auschwitz or her reemergence as Sister Consolatia of the Cross. Not even the violent takeover of America's most powerful Holocaust memorialization institution by an angry coalition of self-styled "victims" eagerly seeking Holocaust status. Zusammenfassung Successful father-and-son business partners Maurice and Norman Messer know a good product when they see it. That product is the Holocaust—and they market it enthusiastically. Maurice is a survivor with a self-inflated personal history. Norman enjoys vicarious victimhood via the second-generation movement. And nothing will prevent them from pushing their agenda and reaping the rewards. Not guilt! pride! or ethics. Not the disappearance of Norman's daughter! Nechama! into the Carmelite convent at Auschwitz or her reemergence as Sister Consolatia of the Cross. Not even the violent takeover of America's most powerful Holocaust memorialization institution by an angry coalition of self-styled "victims" eagerly seeking Holocaust status. ...

Product details

• Authors: Tova Reich, Reich Tova
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780061173479
• ISBN: 978-0-06-117347-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 202 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), First World War fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Satirical fiction and parodies, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Thrillers / Political, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Historical / World War I, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: Political, GENOCIDE STUDIES: HOLOCAUST: LITERATURE, Genocide Studies / Holocaust: Literature