Gabriella Goliger, Song of Ascent
Is Gabriela Goliger's début work Song of Ascent a novel or a collection of short stories? "Stories", the title page claims. In fact the narrative and poetic structures point the reader in both directions as this new Canadian writer explores the idea of lineage, both biological and cu...
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| Dans: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Journal of the Short Story in English
2008
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Is Gabriela Goliger's début work Song of Ascent a novel or a collection of short stories? "Stories", the title page claims. In fact the narrative and poetic structures point the reader in both directions as this new Canadian writer explores the idea of lineage, both biological and cultural as well as religious. The central axis is the trajectory of a Jewish family, the Birnbaums, emigrating from Nazi Germany to the Holy Land and then to Canada. Interspersed are the stories of friends and rel... |
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