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The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto Book Three: The Cattle Cars Are Waiting, 1942–1944 Chava Rosenfarb Translated from the Yiddish by the author in collaboration with Goldie Morgentaler Library of World Fiction "A work that rises to the heights of the great creations of world literature and towers powerfully over the Jewish literature of the Holocaust." —Decision of the Jury for the Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature, 1979 The third and final volume in this powerful trilogy, The Cattle Cars Are Waiting follows the tragic fate of the inhabitants of the ghetto. Chava Rosenfarb, herself a survivor of the Lodz Ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, draws on her own history to create characters who struggle daily to retain a sense of humanity and dignity despite the physical and psychological effects of ghetto life. Although the novel depicts horrendous experiences, the light of faith in the human spirit shines through every page. Chava Rosenfarb (1923–2011) was a Polish Holocaust survivor who published poetry, prose, and drama in both English and Yiddish. Her English titles include Bociany and Of Lodz and Love. From 1950 until her death she lived in Canada. The Tree of Life trilogy won the international Manger Prize for Yiddish Literature, the John Glassco Prize for Literary Translation, and the Georges Bugnet Award for fiction from the Writers Guild of Alberta. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.) The UW Press also publishes: The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto Book One: On the Brink of the Precipice, 1939 The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto Book Two: From the Depths I Call You, 1940–1942

October 2006 LC: 2004053592 PJ 388 pp.  6 x 9 1/4 map Paper $21.95 t ISBN 978-0-299-22124-9 ADD TO CART   A trade imprint of the University of Wisconsin Press Read these fantastic articles by Goldie Morgentaler about writing with her mother, Chava Rosenfarb: Love & Translation: Mother and Daughter Became Their Own Literary Enterprise and My Mother’s Life: How Chava Rosenfarb survived the Lodz ghetto to write a masterpiece about the experience. This book is published with support from the National Endowment for the Arts

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