The Absent Moon : A Memoir of Inherited Trauma in the Shadow of the Holocaust
The Absent Moon : A Memoir of Inherited Trauma in the Shadow of the Holocaust
A beautiful work that is in turn haunting, touching and redemptive' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE�_~A profoundly emotional book, and a brave one�_T THE NEW YORKER'Generous in spirit, devoid of self-pity, and an authentic literary achievement' ANDREW SOLOMONWhen Luiz Schwarcz was a child, he knew very little about his grandfather LA�ios, a Hungarian Jew. Only later would he learn that LA�ios had ordered his son, Luiz�_Ts father, to leap from a train taking them to a Nazi death camp, while LA�ios himself was carried on to his death. What Luiz did know was that his father�_Ts melancholia haunted the house he grew up in. Compassionate and tender, The Absent Moon interrogates a personal story of inherited trauma through a family history of murder, silence and the long echo of the Holocaust across generations. 'Brave, honest, devastating, and hopeful ... Schwarcz is a masterful storyteller�_T ARIANA NEUMANN'A lyrical and intimate portrait of the author�_Ts lifelong, harrowing battle with depression' ABRAHAM VERGHESE
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Author/s: Schwarcz, Luiz
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