Jorge Semprun: Memory's Long Voyage

By Daniela Omlor

Book Overview

Jorge Sempr n is a leading writer from the first generation of Spanish Civil War exiles, yet studies of his work have often focused solely on his literary testimony to the concentration camps and his political activities. Although Sempr n's work derives from his incarceration in Buchenwald and his expulsion from the Spanish Communist Party in 1964, limiting the discussion of his works to the autobiographical details or to the realm of Holocaust studies is reductive. The responses by many influential writers to his recent death highlight that the significance of Sempr n's work goes beyond the testimony of historical events. His self-identification as a Spanish exile has often been neglected and there is no comprehensive study of his works available in English. This book provides a global view of his oeuvre and extends literary analysis to texts that have received little critical attention. The author investigates the role played by memory in some of Sempr n's works, drawing on current debates in the field of memory studies. A detailed analysis of these works allows related concepts, such as exile and nostalgia, the Holocaust, the interplay between memory and writing, politics and collective memory, and postmemory and identity, to be examined and discussed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034308213
• ISBN13: 9783034308212
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.7"