The subtenant ; To outwit God
By: Hanna Krall.
Contributors: Krall, Hanna.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Edelman, Marek, 1921-; Jews -- Persecutions -- Poland -- Warsaw; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw; Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943; Warsaw (Poland) -- Ethnic relations
Other titles: To outwit God.
Description: This volume presents two works by acclaimed Polish journalist Hanna Krall: The Subtenant, a semi-autobiographical novel, and To Outwit God, a remarkable interview with Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. The Subtenant explores the troubled and ever-shifting relationships between Poles and Jews, beginning with the author's concealment as a child during the Nazi years and ending in 1981 when martial law was declared in Poland. In To Outwit God, Edelman's words assault conventional assumptions about heroes and heroism, taking in his time not only in the Warsaw Ghetto but his careers as a physician and a Solidarity activist. Taken together, the two works form a powerful memoir of Jewish survival, a meditation on Polish-Jewish relations, and a commentary on the forces that have produced modern Polish opposition movements.
Notes: "The subtenant originally published in Polish under the title Sublokatorka ... To outwit God originally published in Polish under the title Zdążyć przed Panem Bogiem ... English translation originally published 1986 under the title Shielding the flame ... by Henry Holt and Company"--T.p. verso.