From Publishers Weekly
Zable, the Australian son of Polish Jews, recalls his travels to Poland to excavate a family history annihilated by the Holocaust.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Forty years after the Holocaust, Australian author Zable visited the Polish city of Bialystok in search of remnants of its once rich Jewish life. His parents had fled Europe before the Nazi invasion of Poland, and their memories, accounts of historical incidents, and the stories of survivors of the period whom Zable met are the substance of what is basically an autobiographical book about a journey. Although allowing characters and events to give the book focus, Zable remains detached enough to keep his passions about time and place in check. Besides describing the annihilation of Bialystok's Jewish community, he conjures up how thriving and energetic it must have been. He also contrasts the Communism that once seemed to be the wave of the future with the deterioration of the Iron Curtain during his mid-1980s visit. His parents furnish what is the most telling explanation for how the world can change so much in only a few years when they counsel, "Do not be overly idealistic. Revolutions and wars come and go, but our inner drives and obsessions remain forever the same." Aaron Cohen
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