Ebook: This crazy thing a life : Australian Jewish autobiography
Author: Richard Freadman
- Genre: History // Memoirs; Biographies
- Tags: Autobiography -- Jewish authors, Jewish authors -- Biography -- History and criticism, Jews -- Australia -- Biography, Jewish authors, Jews, Australia, Autobiographie, Einwanderer, Juden, Australien, Escritores judíos -- Biografías -- Historia y crítica, Judíos -- Australia -- Biografías
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: UWA Press
- City: Crawley, Western Australia
- Language: English
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"The autobiographies range from humble self-published monographs to acclaimed narratives by professional writers like Lily Brett, Jacob Rosenberg and Arnold Zable. Freadman offers superbly nuanced readings of major works. He also surveys the field as a whole, tracing demographic trends, recurrent themes, the impact of the Holocaust, and issues of gender, genre, testimony, truth-telling and literary value. There are Read more...