Between Sky And Sea
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Worn cover. Binding slightly shaky. Chipped and worn DJ with some loss. FEP clipped. Content remains clean.
A landmark work of Australian-Jewish literature, Between Sky and Sea chronicles the harrowing journey of a group of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe aboard a ship with no port willing to grant them entry. Herz Bergner, writing originally in Yiddish, captures the profound despair, resilience, and fractured hope of his characters with an intimacy that transforms a collective tragedy into a deeply personal human drama. The novel presents a microcosm of displaced humanity — ordinary men and women clinging to faith, memory, and one another as the world around them closes its doors. Bergner's prose carries a mournful yet compassionate tone, illustrating how persecution strips people of everything except their essential humanity. First published in 1946 and later translated into English, it stands as a vital and moving testament to the refugee experience and the moral failures of a world indifferent to suffering.
Author: Herz Bergner
Format: Paperback
Published: 1946, Dolphin Publications
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Worn cover. Binding slightly shaky. Chipped and worn DJ with some loss. FEP clipped. Content remains clean.
A landmark work of Australian-Jewish literature, Between Sky and Sea chronicles the harrowing journey of a group of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe aboard a ship with no port willing to grant them entry. Herz Bergner, writing originally in Yiddish, captures the profound despair, resilience, and fractured hope of his characters with an intimacy that transforms a collective tragedy into a deeply personal human drama. The novel presents a microcosm of displaced humanity — ordinary men and women clinging to faith, memory, and one another as the world around them closes its doors. Bergner's prose carries a mournful yet compassionate tone, illustrating how persecution strips people of everything except their essential humanity. First published in 1946 and later translated into English, it stands as a vital and moving testament to the refugee experience and the moral failures of a world indifferent to suffering.