In The Shadow Of The Shoah: Aharon Appelfeld's `The Conversion' and three first novels present characters that move through a tortured psychological landscape.

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: November 27, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

In The Shadow Of The Shoah: Aharon Appelfeld's `The Conversion' and three first novels present characters that move through a tortured psychological landscape.

DIANE COLE

Special To The Jewish Week

"The Conversion." By Aharon Appelfeld. Translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green. Shocken Books. 240 pages. $22.

"From a Sealed Room." By Rachel Kadish. Putnam. 368 pages. $24.95.

"The Name." By Michal Govrin. Translated from the Hebrew by Barbara Harshav. Riverhead Books. 384 pages. $25.95.

"Bring Us the Old People." By Marisa Kantor Stark. Coffee House Press. 208 pages. $22.95.

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