{"product_id":"the-holocaust-in-french-postmodern-helena-duffy-9781781888223","title":"The Holocaust in French Postmodern Fiction: Aesthetics, Politics, Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith postmodernism being associated with playfulness, parody, irony, and even \u003cem\u003enégationnisme\u003c\/em\u003e, how suitable a medium is the postmodern novel for representing the Holocaust? The readings of Patrick Modiano's \u003cem\u003eDora Bruder\u003c\/em\u003e, Pierre Assouline's \u003cem\u003eLa Cliente\u003c\/em\u003e, Soazig Aaron's \u003cem\u003eLe Non de Klara\u003c\/em\u003e, Jonathan Littell's \u003cem\u003eLes Bienveillantes\u003c\/em\u003e, Philippe Claudel's \u003cem\u003eLe Rapport de Brodeck\u003c\/em\u003e, and Yannick Haenel's \u003cem\u003eJan Karski\u003c\/em\u003e reveal that postmodern self-consciousness may help to voice the dilemmas attached to cultural representations of the Catastrophe. While post-modern anachronism, intertextuality, and intru-sive narrators foreground the challenges of retelling the Shoah in the post-witness era, the postmodern novel's frag-mentariness, confused chronology, and silences enable the articulation of trauma. In exploring the ethical risks and benefits of Holocaust fiction, this book questions the political implications for the French memory of the Occupation of six novels written in the wake of Chirac's acknowledgement of France's embroilment in the Nazis' genocidal project. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena Duffy is Professor of French at the University Wroclaw in Poland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helena Duffy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781888221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781888223\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legenda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.57d","brand":"Helena Duffy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440648696063,"sku":"9781781888223","price":21.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89dd916d-b752-4bc2-96f2-576f3d2f9a86.jpg?v=1777183867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-holocaust-in-french-postmodern-helena-duffy-9781781888223","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}