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Comment: I did find one good book review which I placed the link for on the talk page. Will not approve as I cannot find anything else. Leaving for other reviewers in case someone else is able to find more. CNMall41 (talk) 21:39, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
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The Book of Blam is a semi-autobiographical work of historical fiction by Aleksandar Tišma, first published in Serbo-Croatian in 1972. It was republished by New York Review Books in 2016, in its classics series, with an introduction by Charles Simic. It is one in a trilogy of books by Tišma about Novi Sad, a city made infamous as the location for summary executions during World War Two, and what is now the second largest city in Serbia. The other books in the trilogy are Kapo and The Use of Man.[1]. The Book of Blam can be considered as belonging to the literature of the Holocaust.[2] On first publication, it was met with acclaim in France and Germany.[3] It has been translated into 17 languages.[4]
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The work centres on its middle-aged protagonist, Miroslav Blam, who recounts in detail his childhood and his experiences before, during and after the infamous raid by Hungarian forces on Jews and Serbs at Novi Sad, in the former Yugoslavia, in 1942. The raid led to the summary execution of some 1400 people.[5] The description of the raid itself is most prominently featured in the eleventh of fifteen chapters.
Blam’s family history, the various business occupants of Jew Street before the war, Blam’s professional life both before and during the war, and love letters sent to him after the war each receive extended treatment in the novel.
Blam’s romantic relationship with his cousin Lili Ehrlich, whom Blam impregnates, his courting and unfaithful marriage to Janja and the death of his sister Estera in a battle with Hungarian gendarmes are featured prominently in the book.
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Blam is a convert to Christianity marrying Janja, a non-Jew, which becomes a factor in his avoiding persecution, and his feelings of guilt as a survivor—as most of his family perish during the war—is a theme in the book as noted by S. Hargrave.[6]
References
- ^ Barrett, T. The Book of Blam. https://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2016/02/10/aleksandar-tisma-the-book-of-blam/
- ^ Hargrave, S. The Book of Blam. https://oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.com/the-book-of-blam/
- ^ Author Unknown. The Book of Blam. https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780151002351
- ^ Simic, C. Charles Simic on One of the Great Holocaust Novels of Yugoslavia. https://lithub.com/charles-simic-on-one-of-the-great-holocaust-novels-of-yugoslavia/
- ^ Simic, C. Introduction. The Book of Blam. p. viii
- ^ Hargrave, S. The Book of Blam. https://oldpaper.uglyporcelaincat.com/the-book-of-blam/