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On Burning Ground: A Son's Memoir

On Burning Ground: A Son's Memoir

by Michael Skakun (Author)

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    Paperback 2000

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Synopsis

On Burning Ground is the tale of one desperate and brilliant man's ultimate choice: at the eve of the Nazi purging of Poland, to disguise his Jewish origin and pose first as a Christian, then to join the Nazi SS. Living in constant fear, Michael Skakun's father, Joseph, not only assumed a dangerous array of identities in order to survive, but subsequently compromised his very spirit. On Burning Ground is a brave and revelatory tale of a son's father who risked it all, and through his amazing odyssey, was keenly aware of the price of such deceits.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.
Published: 23 Nov 2000
ISBN 10: 0312263678
ISBN 13: 9780312263676

Media Reviews
I read every word with terror, with pity, with wonder . . . What a great deed Michael Skakun has performed . . . His book is a permanent marker. --Cynthia Ozick What a life! This is a story that must be told. --Elie Wiesel On Burning Ground is an extraordinary story . . . a harrowing story . . . Nor can one help marveling at this chronicle of endurance. --Wendy Law-Yone, The Washington Post Book World The book is a startling achievement, one that gives new meaning to the concept of filial piety. --Gabriel Sanders, The Forward Distinguished by both outstanding writing and a profound sense of moral complexity, this son's memoir of his father's incredible survival stands out among Holocaust memoirs . . . An unusual and gripping account of resourcefulness, narrow escapes, and moral improvisation. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Stirring and provocative . . . A unique Holocaust memoir for its second-generation authorship, its erudition (Skakun displays an easy familiarity with a wide range of European and Jewish writers), and its traditional Jewish sensibility. -- Kirkus Reviews From the first pages the book has an urgent quality to it, as though it had to be written . . . The story is gripping, and Skakun tells it well. --Sandee Brawarsky, New York Jewish Week Extraordinary . . . A brilliant account . . . Overwhelming. -- London Daily Mail
Author Bio
Michael Skakun is a writer and translator who worked for many years with the critic Alfred Kazin. He lives in New York City.