Singing from the Darktime : A Childhood Memoir in Poetry and Prose.

By:

Weilbach, S

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773586161

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Singing from the DarktimeDDC classification:

811/.6

LOC classification:

PR9199.4.W438 S56 2011

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Contents:

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 In Oma's House -- 2 Devoured at Night -- 3 The Boat that Did Not Sink -- 4 The Linoleum-Floored Room -- Translations -- Afterword -- Suggestions for Further Reading.

Summary: Singing from the Darktime is a compelling picture of a rural childhood in Germany at a time when the world was about to change. By 1937 Hitler's power was beginning to penetrate the peaceful agricultural village in the Rhine Valley where S. Weilbach lived with her family. Without warning, her carefree life became a scene of bewildering racial abuse, followed by the violent invasion of her home, the arrest of her father, and the disappearance of her beloved grandmother. Weilbach's story of her eventual flight and concealment reveals how children in crisis retreat into imagination, reliving past happiness.

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Singing from the Darktime is a compelling picture of a rural childhood in Germany at a time when the world was about to change. By 1937 Hitler's power was beginning to penetrate the peaceful agricultural village in the Rhine Valley where S. Weilbach lived with her family. Without warning, her carefree life became a scene of bewildering racial abuse, followed by the violent invasion of her home, the arrest of her father, and the disappearance of her beloved grandmother. Weilbach's story of her eventual flight and concealment reveals how children in crisis retreat into imagination, reliving past happiness.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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