The House of Remembering and Forgetting

By Filip David, Translated by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric

Peter Owen World Series: Serbia

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160 Pages, 5.25 x 8.25

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $14.95 (US $14.95) (CA $19.95)

Publication Date: April 2018

ISBN 9780720619737

Rights: US & CA

Peter Owen Publishers (Apr 2018)

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Overview

Winning the 2014 NIN award, the most prestigious literary award in Serbia, one of the most original novels to have emerged from the Balkans in recent years

A haunting tale of memory, loss, and the enduring search for identity in the wake of the Holocaust.

Young Albert Weiss is spared the horrors of Auschwitz when his parents throw him and his brother from a transport train. Years later, with the help of other survivors, he explores confronting the evil that robbed him of his childhood, and the guilt he feels for losing his brother.

Mosaic and semi-autobiographical, this book documents the stories of child survivors, a moving and necessary addition to Holocaust literature. For readers of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five and the works of Primo Levi, The House of Remembering and Forgetting explores the complexities of memory, identity, and the enduring power of the human spirit. Discover a story of survival, redemption, and the search for meaning in the face of unimaginable loss.

Reviews

"In the confessions of numerous Jewish children who escaped the Holocaust and hid their identity, the conflict between memory and forgetfulness is revealed as an illusion. While warning us of the consequences of the choice between what to remember and what to forget, David suggests a new dialogue between memory and forgetfulness, a need for a new language for understanding evil." —World Literature Today

“A powerful contribution to the literature of the Holocaust…this is a profound book, immense in its wisdom and courage, and it demands to be read several times.” —Los Angeles Review of Books

“A tour de force reminiscent of Dostoyevsky.”—Historical Novels Review

Author Biography

Filip David is one of Serbia’s most prolific writers. Born to a Jewish family during the Holocaust, his work often critically explores the nature of evil. Christina Pribicevic-Zoric's notable translations include Milorad Pavic's Dictionary of the Khazars and Zlata Filipovic's Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo.

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