{"product_id":"this-darkness-will-never-end-paperback","title":"This Darkness Will Never End - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEdith Bruck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJeanne Bonner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe stunning short story collection--available in English for the first time--that established Edith Bruck as a major figure in Italian literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[M]asterful . . . The stories are poignant and crafted with subtle humor, compassion, and unsparing observations.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Foreword Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Darkness Will Never End, \u003c\/i\u003ethe first short story collection by the Hungarian-born author Edith Bruck, was published to acclaim in Italy in 1962. After World War II, Bruck, a Holocaust survivor, settled in Rome where she wrote her fable-like stories, recounting the lives of poor Jewish families in Europe before, during, and immediately following the war. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story, believed by some film scholars to have inspired the Oscar-winning movie \u003ci\u003eLife Is Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e, a young girl shepherds her blind, sickly brother as they are deported. In \"Matzoh Bread,\" a child gets a painful glimpse of anti-Semitism when a friend tells her a legend about the unleavened bread Jews eat at Passover. In one of the more colorful stories, a hapless father whose business partners swindle him over a horse only tells the truth when he's talking in his sleep. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully translated from the Italian by Jeanne Bonner, these stories offer a glimpse into a bygone world. They testify to the resilience of survivors like Bruck, whom Italian critics initially compared to Anne Frank, deeming her the writer Anne would have become had she survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThis Darkness Will Never End\u003c\/i\u003e subtly draws us into the complex emotional world of growing up in wartime. These are finely wrought, meticulously translated stories about living through both everyday and extraordinary hardship--Bruck, unsparing and insightful, is a major Jewish voice.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jamie Richards, winner of the National Translation Award in Prose, and translator of \u003ci\u003eAdua\u003c\/i\u003e by Igiaba Scego\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The gifted translator Jeanne Bonner has done a great service by bringing us these extraordinary stories by the Hungarian writer Edith Bruck, a Holocaust survivor who lived in Rome after the war; she offers vivid and poignant stories about the experiences of Jewish families whose lives were overturned during the war. Bruck's book is a splendid and vital addition to the body of Holocaust literature by women.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Lynne Sharon Schwartz, author of \u003ci\u003eDisturbances in the Field \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdith Bruck\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than twenty books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, many of which reflect her life-long commitment to Holocaust testimony, including \u003ci\u003eWho Loves You Like This\u003c\/i\u003e (1959, Italian edition; 2001, English edition, Paul Dry Books). She has twice been nominated for the Italian equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, and her books have been translated into many languages including English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, and Hebrew. She lives in Rome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Bonner i\u003c\/b\u003es a writer, editor and literary translator. Her essays and reporting have been published by the\u003ci\u003e New York Times, Boston Globe, American Scholar, Longreads, Marketplace\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, and CNN. Bonner was a 2022 NEA literature fellow in translation. She lives in Connecticut.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 187\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.43 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156006502463,"sku":"9781589882010","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/RkD8rg4qIa9781589882010.webp?v=1776968456","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/this-darkness-will-never-end-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}