The youngest, least-favored member of an Eastern European Jewish family, Tzili is considered an embarrassment by her parents and older siblings. Her schooling has been a failure, she is simple and meek, and she seems more at home with the animals in the field than with people. And so when her panic-stricken family flees the encroaching Nazi armies, Tzili is left behind to fend for herself.
At first seeking refuge with the local peasants, she is eventually forced to escape from them as well, and she takes to the forest, living a solitary existence until she is discovered by another Jewish refugee, a man who is as alone in the world as she is. As she matures into womanhood, they fall in love. And though their time together is tragically brief, their love for each other imbues Tzili with the strength to survive the war and begin a new life, together with other survivors, in Palestine.
Aharon Appelfeld imbues Tzili's story with a harrowing beauty that is emblematic of the fate of an entire people.
| ISBN: | 9780805212495 |
| Publication date: | 5th June 2012 |
| Author: | Aharon Apelfeld |
| Publisher: | Schocken Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 185 pages |
| Genres: |
General Fiction War, combat and military adventure fiction Religious and spiritual fiction |
The youngest, least-favored member of an Eastern European Jewish family, Tzili is considered an embarrassment by her parents and older siblings. Her schooling has been a failure, she is simple and meek, and she seems more at home with the animals in the field than with people.
Tzili features in the following genres: General Fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction
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Tzili was written by Aharon Apelfeld and published by Schocken Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Tzili has 185 pages