Journal 1935–1944: The Fascist Years

Journal 1935–1944: The Fascist Years

Hailed as one of the most important portrayals of the dark years of Nazism, this powerful chronicle by the Romanian Jewish writer Mihail Sebastian aroused a furious response in Eastern Europe when it was first published. A profound and powerful literary achievement, it offers a lucid and finely shaded analysis of erotic and social life, a Jewâ€™s diary, a readerâ€™s notebook, a music-loverâ€™s journal. Above all, it is an account of the â€œrhinocerizationâ€ of major Romanian intellectuals whom Sebastian counted among his friends, including Mircea Eliade and E.M. Cioran, writers and thinkers who were mesmerized by the Nazi-fascist delirium of Europeâ€™s â€œreactionary revolution.â€ In poignant, unforgettable sequences, Sebastian follows the grinding progression of the â€œmachineryâ€ of brutalization and traces the historical context in which it developed. Despite the pressure of hatred and horror in the â€œhuge anti-Semitic factoryâ€ that was Romania in the years of World War II, his writing maintains the grace of its perceptive and luminous intelligence. The legacy of a journalist, novelist, and playwright, Sebastianâ€™s Journal stands as one of the most important human and literary documents of the climate that preceded the Holocaust in Eastern Europe.

Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Country USA
Brand Ivan R. Dee
Manufacturer Ivan R. Dee
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2000-09-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781566633260

Country	USA
Brand	Ivan R. Dee
Manufacturer	Ivan R. Dee
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2000-09-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781566633260

Journal 1935–1944: The Fascist Years

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