{"product_id":"rue-ordener-rue-labat-sarah-kofman-9780803277809","title":"Rue Ordener, Rue Labat","description":"\u003ci\u003eRue Ordener, Rue Labat\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving memoir by the distinguished French philosopher Sarah Kofman. It opens with the horrifying moment in July 1942 when the author's father, the rabbi of a small synagogue, was dragged by police from the family home on Rue Ordener in Paris, then transported to Auschwitz--\"the place,\" writes Kofman, \"where no eternal rest would or could ever be granted.\" It ends in the mid-1950s, when Kofman enrolled at the Sorbonne. \u003cp\u003eThe book is as eloquent as it is forthright. Kofman recalls her father and family in the years before the war, then turns to the terrors and confusions of her own childhood in Paris during the German occupation. Not long after her father's disappearance, Kofman and her mother took refuge in the apartment of a Christian woman on Rue Labat, where they remained until the Liberation. This bold woman, whom Kofman called Mémé, undoubtedly saved the young girl and her mother from the death camps. But Kofman's close attachment to Mémé also resulted in a rupture between mother and child that was never to be fully healed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis slender volume is distinguished by the author's clear prose, the carefully recounted horrors of her childhood, and the uncommon poise that came to her only with the passage of many years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Kofman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803277806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803277809\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 08\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.21w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1996 pg. 948\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/1996 pg. 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1996 pg. 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1996","brand":"Sarah Kofman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994907115775,"sku":"9780803277809","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd5f6788-cc99-41f1-9e81-bbed24f3815a.jpg?v=1683332876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rue-ordener-rue-labat-sarah-kofman-9780803277809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}