Writing Occupation - (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture) by Julia Elsky (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br> "Among the Jewish writers who immigrated from Eastern Europe to France in the 1910s and 1920s, a number chose to switch from writing in their languages of origin to writing primarily in French, a language that represented both a literary center and the promises of French universalism. But under the Nazi occupation of France from 1940 to 1944,these Jewish âemigrâe writers--among them Iráene Nâemirovsky, Benjamin Fondane, Romain Gary, Jean Malaquais, and Elsa Triolet--continued to write in their adopted language, even as the Vichy regime and Nazi occupiers denied their French identity through xenophobic and antisemitic laws. In this book, Julia Elsky argues that these writers reexamined both their Jewishness and their place as authors in France through the language in which they wrote"<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Among the Jewish writers who emigrated from Eastern Europe to France in the 1910s and 1920s, a number chose to switch from writing in their languages of origin to writing primarily in French, a language that represented both a literary center and the promises of French universalism. But under the Nazi occupation of France from 1940 to 1944, these Jewish émigré writers--among them Irène Némirovsky, Benjamin Fondane, Romain Gary, Jean Malaquais, and Elsa Triolet--continued to write in their adopted language, even as the Vichy regime and Nazi occupiers denied their French identity through xenophobic and antisemitic laws. In this book, Julia Elsky argues that these writers reexamined both their Jewishness and their place as authors in France through the language in which they wrote. </p> <p>The group of authors Elsky considers depicted key moments in the war from their perspective as Jewish émigrés, including the June 1940 civilian flight from Paris, life in the occupied and southern zones, the roundups and internment camps, and the Resistance in France and in London. Writing in French, they expressed multiple cultural, religious, and linguistic identities, challenging the boundaries between center and periphery, between French and foreign, even when their sense of belonging was being violently denied.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Writing Occupation</i> is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature focused on the rich hybrid culture created by immigrant and first-generation Jews in early twentieth-century France. Julia Elsky's nuanced and perceptive book draws important parallels between immigrant Jewish and postcolonial francophone writers and will be of great interest to historians and literary scholars alike.--Nadia Malinovich "author of <i>French and Jewish: Culture and the Politics of Identity in Early Twentieth-Century France</i>"<br><br>In this fine book, Elsky discusses five Jewish writers who explored the possibilities of writing in a 'Jewish voice' in French and grappled with issues of Jewish belonging during Vichy. Written in a clear and graceful style and based on original archival research, <i>Writing Occupation</i> will be of interest not only to historians and scholars of French literature, but to all those concerned by the fate of Jews in France, before and after the Second World War.--Susan Rubin Suleiman "author of <i>The Némirovsky Question: The Life, Death, and Legacy of a Jewish Writer in Twentieth-Century France</i>"<br><br>Jews are the quintessential people not only of the book, but of multiple languages. Living in several worlds simultaneously, language becomes 'a province without a nation, ' as Julia Elsky writes in this book. Her brilliant and highly original study of Jewish exiles living in France during World War II shows us that multilingualism demonstrates the porousness of national boundaries and serves as a crucial vehicle for exploring the multifaceted complexities of Jewish identity.--Susannah Heschel "author of <i>The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Julia Elsky</b> is Assistant Professor of French at Loyola University Chicago.
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