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Medallions

by Zofia Nalkowska

Northwestern University Press | February 25, 2000 | Trade Paperback

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Considered a masterpiece of antifascist world literature, Medallions (written in 1945 and first published in 1946) stands as the culmination of Nalkowska''s literary style -- a style that the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz once described as "the iron capital of her art and one of the very few exportables in our national literature." Written in documentary-narrative form, with simple, concise, severely elegant prose, the book gives voice to the experience of victims and witnesses of the Nazi genocide.

Medallions comprises seven short stories and one summation, "The Adults and Children of Auschwitz." These terse, sometimes fragmented pieces take the form of testimonials, private interviews, and chance conversations in which the protagonists, speaking for themselves from their limited understanding of the human drama, also speak on behalf of millions. More than mere historical record, Medallions presents the reader with a startlingly immediate performance -- the repetition of a past event as it persists in the testimonial present, in the scars on the consciousness and consciences of individuals.

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  • 5 years ago
    A powerful and evocative read
    If the translation is as powerful as the original, then this collection of gems (as the title suggests) is the most concise treatment of quotidien life and the effects of the concentration camp beyond the walls of the camp. A must -read for anyone mature enough to handle the content of the degradation of humanity in inhumane times. I would strongly recommend it for senior level history classes, anyone interested in the Holocaust, or for anyone still asking how methodical genocide could have happened. "People have served this fate unto other people" is Nalkowska's motto for her book. For anyone with an imagination, this book will make one wonder about the nature and consequences of evil.
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Considered a masterpiece of antifascist world literature, Medallions (written in 1945 and first published in 1946) stands as the culmination of Nalkowska''s literary style -- a style that the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz once described as "the iron capital of her art and one of the very few exportables in our national literature." Written in documentary-narrative form, with simple, concise, severely elegant prose, the book gives voice to the experience of victims and witnesses of the Nazi genocide.

Medallions comprises seven short stories and one summation, "The Adults and Children of Auschwitz." These terse, sometimes fragmented pieces take the form of testimonials, private interviews, and chance conversations in which the protagonists, speaking for themselves from their limited understanding of the human drama, also speak on behalf of millions. More than mere historical record, Medallions presents the reader with a startlingly immediate performance -- the repetition of a past event as it persists in the testimonial present, in the scars on the consciousness and consciences of individuals.

Format: Trade Paperback

Dimensions: 49 Pages, 4.72 × 7.87 × 0 in

Published: February 25, 2000

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

The following ISBNs are associated with this title:

ISBN - 10: 0810117436

ISBN - 13: 9780810117433

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