{"product_id":"epistolophilia-julija-sukys-9780803236325","title":"Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Simaite","description":"The librarian walks the streets of her beloved Paris. An old lady with a limp and an accent, she is invisible to most. Certainly no one recognizes her as the warrior and revolutionary she was, when again and again she slipped into the Jewish ghetto of German-occupied Vilnius to carry food, clothes, medicine, money, and counterfeit documents to its prisoners. Often she left with letters to deliver, manuscripts to hide, and even sedated children swathed in sacks. In 1944 she was captured by the Gestapo, tortured for twelve days, and deported to Dachau.\u003cbr\u003eThrough \u003ci\u003eEpistolophilia\u003c\/i\u003e, Julija Sukys follows the letters and journals--the \"life-writing\"--of this woman, Ona Simaite (1894-1970). A treasurer of words, Simaite carefully collected, preserved, and archived the written record of her life, including thousands of letters, scores of diaries, articles, and press clippings. Journeying through these words, Sukys negotiates with the ghost of Simaite, beckoning back to life this quiet and worldly heroine--a giant of Holocaust history (one of Yad Vashem's honored \"Righteous Among the Nations\") and yet so little known. The result is at once a mediated self-portrait and a measured perspective on a remarkable life. It reveals the meaning of life-writing, how women write their lives publicly and privately, and how their words attach them--and us--to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julija Sukys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803236328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803236325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/29\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2012","brand":"Julija Sukys","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059750170879,"sku":"9780803236325","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_451035c8-4a7d-40c8-9eeb-f072855e5f98.jpg?v=1685060109","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/epistolophilia-julija-sukys-9780803236325","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}