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3 books match the query 'Rosenfarb, Chava'
The Tree of Life, Book One
On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939Chava Rosenfarb
University of Wisconsin Press, 2004
Winner of the 1972 J. J. Segal Prize and the 1979 Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature
The Tree of Life, Book Three
The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, 1942–1944Chava Rosenfarb
University of Wisconsin Press, 2006
The third volume in this powerful trilogy, The Cattle Cars Are Waiting follows the tragic fate of the inhabitants of the ghetto. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through every page.
Winner, Georges Bugnet Award for Best Novel, Writers Guild of Alberta
The Tree of Life, Book Two
From the Depths I Call You, 1940–1942Chava Rosenfarb
University of Wisconsin Press, 2005
This volume describes the lives of the novel’s protagonists in the Lodz Ghetto at the beginning of World War II. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create realistic characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although horrendous experiences are depicted, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through this novel’s every page.