{"product_id":"holy-week-a-novel-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-paperback","title":"Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerzy Andrzejewski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Nazi extermination campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto, a young Jewish woman, Irena, seeks the protection of her former lover, a young architect, Jan Malecki. By taking her in, he puts his own life and the safety of his family at risk. Over a four-day period, Tuesday through Friday of Holy Week 1943, as Irena becomes increasingly traumatized by her situation, Malecki questions his decision to shelter Irena in the apartment where Malecki, his pregnant wife, and his younger brother reside. Added to his dilemma is the broader context of Poles' attitudes toward the \"Jewish question\" and the plight of the Jews locked in the ghetto during the final moments of its existence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFew fictional works dealing with the war have been written so close in time to the events that inspired them. No other Polish novel treats the range of Polish attitudes toward the Jews with such unflinching honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJerzy Andrzejewski's \u003ci\u003eHoly Week\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eWielki Tydzien\u003c\/i\u003e, 1945), one of the significant literary works to be published immediately following the Second World War, now appears in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis translation of Andrzejewski's \u003ci\u003eHoly Week\u003c\/i\u003e began as a group project in an advanced Polish language course at the University of Pittsburgh. Class members Daniel M. Pennell, Anna M. Poukish, and Matthew J. Russin contributed to the translation; the instructor, Oscar E. Swan, was responsible for the overall accuracy and stylistic unity of the translation as well as for the biographical and critical notes and essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known for his novel \u003ci\u003eAshes and Diamonds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJerzy Andrzejewski\u003c\/b\u003e (1909-1983) gained a reputation as a writer of moral conflict. In 1949 he was elected president of the Polish Writers' Union, but he resigned in 1957 as a protest against government censorship. Later he was a founding member of the intellectual opposition group KOR. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.96 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130351882375,"sku":"9780821417164","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1e36c9512d0185fb649027e4282b0978.webp?v=1732610149","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/holy-week-a-novel-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}