A mad desire to dance : a novel /

A mad desire to dance : a novel /

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Author / Creator:	Wiesel, Elie, 1928-
Uniform title:	Désir fou de danser. English
Edition:	1st American ed.
Imprint:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Description:	271 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Holocaust survivors -- Fiction. Children of Holocaust survivors -- Fiction. Mothers and sons -- Fiction. Dybbuk -- Fiction. Counselor and client -- Fiction. Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Children of Holocaust survivors. Counselor and client. Dybbuk. Holocaust survivors. Immigrants. Mothers and sons. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction. New York (State) -- New York. Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. Fiction.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7591031

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Other authors / contributors:	Temerson, Catherine.
ISBN:	9780307266507 0307266508
Notes:	"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Summary:	Sixty year-old Doriel Waldman, a Polish Jew born in 1936, is on the verge of insanity until Dr. Thérèse Goldschmidt draws him out with his story of surviving the Holocaust in hiding with his father while his mother made a reputation for herself in the Polish resistance--only to die in an accident shortly after the war.

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Summary:	From Elie Wiesel, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and one of our fiercest moral voices, a provocative and deeply thoughtful new novel about a life shaped by the worst horrors of the twentieth century and one man's attempt to reclaim happiness.<br> <br> Doriel, a European expatriate living in New York, suffers from a profound sense of desperation and loss. His mother, a member of the Resistance, survived World War II only to die in an accident, together with his father, soon after. Doriel was a child during the war, and his knowledge of the Holocaust is largely limited to what he finds in movies, newsreels, and books--but it is enough. Doriel's parents and their secrets haunt him, leaving him filled with longing but unable to experience the most basic joys in life. He plunges into an intense study of Judaism, but instead of finding solace, he comes to believe that he is possessed by a dybbuk.<br> <br> Surrounded by ghosts, spurred on by demons, Doriel finally turns to Dr. Thérèse Goldschmidt, a psychoanalyst who finds herself particularly intrigued by her patient. The two enter into an uneasy relationship based on exchange: of dreams, histories, and secrets. Despite Doriel's initial resistance, Dr. Goldschmidt helps to bring him to a crossroads--and to a shocking denouement.<br> <br> In Doriel's journey into the darkest regions of the soul, Elie Wiesel has written one of his most profoundly moving works of fiction, grounded always by his unparalleled moral compass.
Item Description:	"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:	271 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	9780307266507 0307266508