The Tree of Life, Book Three: The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, 1942–1944 (Library of World Fiction)

The Tree of Life, Book Three: The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, 1942–1944 (Library of World Fiction)

Chava Rosenfarb
$24.14
Publication Date: August 4th, 2006
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN:
9780299221249
Pages:
388
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Description

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

About the Author

Chava Rosenfarb is a Holocaust survivor who has published poetry, prose, and drama in both English and Yiddish. Her English titles include Survivors: Seven Short Stories; Bociany; and Of Lodz and Love. She now resides in Alberta, Canada.

Praise for The Tree of Life, Book Three: The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, 1942–1944 (Library of World Fiction)

"Rosenfarb has the artistic power to bring out, in magnificent language, the moral strength of the Jews, of the human being in general. . . . In this work about the tragic period of the ghetto, everything vibrates with hot, sharp realism. The desire for life passes through the entire work like a red thread."—Jacob Lev, Undzer Shtimme

 "A stunning example of how artistic and literary forms can accomplish things not possible through conventional forms of historical memory."—Outlook Magazine, Vancouver

"Defiant, she [Rosenfarb] insists on finding humanity in privation, and keeping alive a creative spark, no matter how many tears are shed on it. . . . Meticulous in her rendering of daily life."—Montreal Gazette

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