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A lesser child : an autobiography
- Title
- A lesser child : an autobiography / Karen Gershon.
- Author
- Gershon, Karen.
- Publication
- Longon : P. Owen ; Chester Springs, PA : U.S. distributor, Dufour Editions, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DS135.G4 B5245 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 198 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- A Lesser Child recounts the childhood of distinguished poet Karen Gershon, who grew up in Germany under Hitler's regime. Karen was the granddaughter of a wealthy member of the local Jewish community, and her family was close-knit. She was academically gifted and a natural poet, with striking good looks. Yet none of her good fortune could dispel her sense of inferiority. In Hitler's Germany, a conventional adolescence was impossible, and Karen cowered behind an unrelieved bewilderment.
- Karen's story, however, is more than an account of her childhood. It is a vivid and moving re-creation of the period leading up to the Holocaust, with all its tension and uncertainty.
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 0720608996
- LCCN
- 94147876
- OCLC
- 30593350
- ocm30593350
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries