[HOLOCAUST LITERATURE] BEN-AMOTZ, Dahn [aka Dan; aka Moshe Tehilimzeiger]; Zeva Shapiro, transl.

To Remember, To Forget [Lizkor lishcoah]

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1973. First American, and first English language edition. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; yellow top-stain; 399pp. Tight, straight, fine copy, with top-stain vivid and unfaded. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $6.95 on front flap), lightly rubbed at extremities, VG+.

Ben-Amotz's semi-autobiographical first novel, a landmark portrayal of a Polish Holocaust survivor who re-invents himself as a true sabra in postwar Israel. Ben-Amotz would go on to a popular and somewhat controverisal career as a fiction-writer, journalist, and media personality. Originally published in Hebrew as "Lizkor lishcoah" (Tel-Aviv, 1968), the English-language translation is by Zeva Shapiro. Surprisingly uncommon, especially in nice condition.

Price: $100.00

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