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Reuven Tamiroff, a Holocaust survivor, has never been able to speak about his past to his son, a young man who yearns to understand his father's silence. As campuses burn amidst the unrest of the Sixties and his own generation rebels, the son is drawn to his father's circle of wartime friends in search of clues to the past. Finally discovering that his brooding father has been haunted for years by his role in the murder of a brutal SS officer just after the war, young Tamiroff learns that the Nazi is still alive. Haunting, poetic, and very contemporary, The Fifth Son builds to an unforgettable climax as the son sets out to complete his father's act of revenge.… (plus d'informations)
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Blessed is God who gave the Torah to His people
Israel, blessed is He. The Torah speaks about four
sons: one who is wise and one who is contrary;
one who is simple and one who does not even know
how to ask a question.
The Passover Haggadah
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For Elisha
and all the other children of survivors
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Was it dawn or dusk?
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A sad summing up: I have moved heaven and earth, I have risked damnation and madness by interrogating the memory of the living and the dreams of the dead in order to live the life of those who, near and far, continue to haunt me: but when, yes when, shall I finally begin to live my life, my own?
Reuven Tamiroff, a Holocaust survivor, has never been able to speak about his past to his son, a young man who yearns to understand his father's silence. As campuses burn amidst the unrest of the Sixties and his own generation rebels, the son is drawn to his father's circle of wartime friends in search of clues to the past. Finally discovering that his brooding father has been haunted for years by his role in the murder of a brutal SS officer just after the war, young Tamiroff learns that the Nazi is still alive. Haunting, poetic, and very contemporary, The Fifth Son builds to an unforgettable climax as the son sets out to complete his father's act of revenge.
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Se reporter au compte rendu de Jacqueline LÉVI-VALENSI
In: Revue Esprit No. 86 (2) (Février 1984), pp. 202-203… ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/levi-valensi-jacqueline/le-cinquieme-fils-par-e...