Ebook {Epub PDF} Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Jerzy Andrzejewski

summary. At 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 , as Irena becomes increasinglytraumatized by her situation, Malecki questions his Author: Jerzy Andrzejewski, Jan Gross, Oscar Swan.  · Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Polish and Polish-American Studies Series: Author: Jerzy Andrzejewski: Contributors: Oscar E. Swan, Jan T. Gross: Publisher: Ohio University Press, 5/5(1).  · 76 ratings8 reviews. At 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 , as Irena becomes increasingly traumatized by her 4/5.

Holy Week: a novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. Like his great post-World War II classicAshes and Diamonds, Polish writer Andrzejewski's () Holy Week, published in Poland in and only now appearing in the West, creates in one slim volume Read full review. Jerzy Andrzejewski's Holy Week (Wielki Tydzien, ), one of the significant literary works to be published immediately following the Second World War, now appears in English for the first time. This translation of Andrzejewski's Holy Week began as a group project in an advanced Polish language course at the University of Pittsburgh. The first English translation of this Polish novel, the author () of which is best known for Ashes and Diamonds; both books were made into films directed by the renowned Andrzej Wajda.. The title is misleading. Yes, this short work does take place just before Easter , but the uprising is merely the backdrop for a story about two Gentiles who shelter a young Jewish woman in.

An illustration of an open book. Holy Week: a novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising a novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by Andrzejewski, Jerzy. Publication date. Holy Week: A Novel of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Polish and Polish-American Studies Series: Author: Jerzy Andrzejewski: Contributors: Oscar E. Swan, Jan T. Gross: Publisher: Ohio University Press. Jerzy Andrzejewski’s Holy Week (Wielki Tydzien, ), one of the significant literary works to be published immediately following the Second World War, now appears in English for the first time. This translation of Andrzejewski’s Holy Week 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.