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The Shawl

By: Cynthia Ozick
Narrated by: Yelena Shmulenson
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At once fiercely immediate and complex in their implications, “The Shawl” and “Rosa” succeed in imagining the unimaginable: the horror of the Holocaust and the emptiness of its aftermath. They were written in 1977 but were first published in the early 1980s in The New Yorker. Both “The Shawl” and “Rosa” won first prize in the O. Henry Prize Stories and were chosen for Best American Short Stories.

In “The Shawl,” a woman named Rosa Lublin watches a concentration camp guard murder her daughter. In “Rosa,” that same woman appears 30 years later, “a madwoman and a scavenger” in a Miami hotel. And in both stories there is a shawl—a shawl that can sustain a starving child or inadvertently destroy her, or even magically conjure her back to life.

©1980, 1983 Original material by Cynthia Ozick (P)2008 HighBridge Company Literary Fiction Jewish Historical Fiction Short Story Fiction Anthologies & Short Stories World Literature Genre Fiction Anthologies

Critic reviews

“Performed by Yelena Schmulenson, whose emotional accuracy eats into your heart.” ( BookPage)
"Cynthia Ozick is the most accomplished and graceful literary stylist of our time." ( The New York Times)
"Brilliant miniatures, rich with passion and compassion." ( Philadelphia Inquirer)

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One of the best and most heart wrenching books I’ve ever read. Highly recommend to anyone

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Cynthia Ozick might just be the greatest living American writer. This story is so perfect, so brilliantly written, it should not be missed by anyone.

Brilliant.

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While tragic, somehow the magic of Ozick’s prose brings a life and depth to the worst of circumstances. Beautiful writing!

Exquisite prose!

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Disnt really get the story..went from shawl to a whole different story! Similar the reader

Very difficult to follow

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