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A Jewish girl in saphine shoes About »Esther« by Stefan Chwin

Author(s): Marta Cuber
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Stefan Chwin;
Summary/Abstract: The article includes considerations about a motive of „a beautiful Jewish girl” in reference to the Biblical Book of Esther, the analysis of Jewishness as a mystery and a chapter about minerals and esthetics of grayness. It also includes considerations about the old age of women that is generally absent in prose. The final part of the article mentions the photograph of the main heroin.

  • Page Range: 161-190
  • Page Count: 30
  • Publication Year: 2005
  • Language: Polish