![]() In just over 2,000 words, this modern classic manages to capture the worst of man’s inhumanity towards man: the frightened resignation of starving prisoners as they are marched through the frozen countryside the brutality of life in the camps desperate inmates sinking to unimaginable depths in order to survive Magda’s poetic “swim through the air” on the way to her inevitable death. Set in the USA over thirty years later, it demonstrates the devastating long-term effects of the women’s war-time experiences. The second story, Rosa, is a sequel to the first. ![]() ![]() The first, The Shawl, is set in Second World War Poland and deals with the horrors of the holocaust as experienced a young mother (Rosa), her infant child (Magda), and fourteen-year-old-niece (Stella). Today we are featuring two award-winning stories from Cynthia Ozick. ![]()
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