Summer haven
Subtitle: the Catskills, the Holocaust, and the literary imagination
By: edited by Holli Levitsky and Phil Brown
Series: Jews of Russia and Eastern Europe and their legacy; Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781618114181; 9781618115164
Subjects: Holocaust survivors; Holocaust survivors' writings; Ethnic relations
Description: "This volume provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir by writers who spent their youths there. It explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction--the pleasure of their summer haven against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. It also examines the character of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills: in what ways did people find connection, resolution to conflict, and avenues to come together despite the experiences that set them apart? The book will be useful to those studying Jewish, American, or New York history, the Holocaust and Catskills legacy, United States immigration, American literature, and American culture. The focus on themes of nostalgia, humor, loss, and sexuality will draw general readers as well."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Framing and history; title: Memoirs and conversations; title: Imaginings and re-imaginings; title: New imaginings and last days; title: Prize-winning essays: fiction; title: Prize-winning essay: non-fiction.