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Cover artist Brett Odgers Publication date 1997 Pages 339 Originally published 1997 Page count 339 OCLC 37702477 | 3/5 Goodreads Country Australia ISBN 978-0-7322-5804-7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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the fiftieth gate mark baker mark raphael baker english text studies
The Fiftieth Gate is a book written by Mark Raphael Baker and published by HarperCollins in 1997. The book documents his exploration of his parents' memories and past in relation to the Holocaust. The book won a New South Wales Premier's Literary Award in 1997, and the Ethnic Affairs Commission Community Relations Commission Award in 2001.
Contents
Themes
Baker explores many themes including the interplay between history and memory, the impacts of guilt on the children of Holocaust survivors, the value of individual memory and much more. Cultural themes are also an important element in The Fiftieth Gate, with sustained references to Jewish ritualism and the life following diaspora in Australia.
References
The Fiftieth Gate Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA