Summer Haven: The Catskills, the Holocaust, and the Literary Imagination (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781618115164)

This volume provides for the first time a collection of writing that investigates the stories and struggles of survivors in the context of the Jewish resort culture of the Catskills, through new and existing works of fiction and memoir by writers who spent their youths there. It explores how vacationers, resort owners, and workers dealt with a horrific contradiction-the pleasure of their summer haven against the mass extermination of Jews throughout Europe. It also examines the character of Holocaust survivors in the Catskills: in what ways did they people find connection, resolution to conflict, and avenues to come together despite the experiences that set them apart? The book will be useful to those studying Jewish, American, or New York history, the Holocaust and Catskills legacy, United States immigration, American literature, and American culture. The focus on themes of nostalgia, humor, loss, and sexuality will draw general readers as well.

Author: Holli Levitsky, Phil Brown
ISBN-10: 1618115162
ISBN-13: 9781618115164
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2016
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.85d