Tzili: The Story of a LifeThe youngest, least-favored member of an Eastern European Jewish family, Tzili is considered an embarrassment by her parents and older siblings. Her schooling has been a failure, she is simple and meek, and she seems more at home with the animals in the field than with people. And so when her panic-stricken family flees the encroaching Nazi armies, Tzili is left behind to fend for herself. At first seeking refuge with the local peasants, she is eventually forced to escape from them as well, and she takes to the forest, living a solitary existence until she is discovered by another Jewish refugee, a man who is as alone in the world as she is. As she matures into womanhood, they fall in love. And though their time together is tragically brief, their love for each other imbues Tzili with the strength to survive the war and begin a new life, together with other survivors, in Palestine. Aharon Appelfeld imbues Tzili’s story with a harrowing beauty that is emblematic of the fate of an entire people. |
Contents
Section 18 | 97 |
Section 19 | 103 |
Section 20 | 107 |
Section 21 | 111 |
Section 22 | 115 |
Section 23 | 121 |
Section 24 | 131 |
Section 25 | 135 |
Section 9 | 47 |
Section 10 | 51 |
Section 11 | 57 |
Section 12 | 61 |
Section 13 | 67 |
Section 14 | 77 |
Section 15 | 83 |
Section 16 | 87 |
Section 17 | 93 |
Section 26 | 143 |
Section 27 | 149 |
Section 28 | 155 |
Section 29 | 159 |
Section 30 | 163 |
Section 31 | 171 |
Section 32 | 175 |
Section 33 | 179 |
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