This Crazy Thing a Life
Subtitle: Australian Jewish Autobiography
Publisher: Univ of Western Australia Pr
Published: August 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780980296426
Subjects: Biography: general; Jewish studies; Australia; Australian & Oceanian; Jewish; Literary Criticism
Description: "The autobiographies range from humble self-published monographs to acclaimed narratives by professional writers like Lily Brett, Jacob Rosenberg and Arnold Zable. Freadman offers superbly nuanced readings of major works. He also surveys the field as a whole, tracing demographic trends, recurrent themes, the impact of the Holocaust, and issues of gender, genre, testimony, truth-telling and literary value. There are accessible discussions of humanist and postmodern approaches to Holocaust memoir, migrant narrative and ethnic minority writing, together with background information about Judaism arid the Australian Jewish diaspora. The final section of the book is an anthology of short excerpts featuring both renowned and lesser-known writers."--Jacket.