Sprache:
Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
AJS Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
24,1 (1999) 73-100
Schlagwort(e):
Gouri, Haim,
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
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Hebrew literature History and criticism
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Israeli literature 20th century
Kurzfassung:
The Israeli poet Haim Gouri (b. 1922) was sent to Europe in 1947 in order to smuggle Holocaust survivors into Palestine. Deals with the impact of his experiences on his life and work, starting with his first three books of poetry and his novel "Ha-hakirah shel Re'uel" ("The Investigation of Re'uel", 1980). Like the hero of this autobiographical novel, Gouri was freed from his "Canaanite" or Israelocentric orientation by identifying with the Jews in Europe. In his first book of poetry, "Pirhei esh" ("Flowers of Fire"), he describes a journey to the heart of post-Nazi Europe. Unlike some other Israelis, Gouri pities rather than blames the victims of the Holocaust and feels guilt for having failed to save them. The Eichmann trial, which he covered as a reporter, proved a catalyst that enabled him to express the horror of the Holocaust from "within", from the perspective of the victims, in his 1965 novel "Iskat ha-shokolad" ("The Chocolate Deal").
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