Tales of Innocence and Experience: An Exploration by Eva Figes, working papers
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This memoir explores the relationship between a grandmother and her grandchild, through the medium of story telling and fairytales. Published by Bloomsbury in 2003.
Research for 'Journey to Nowhere', mostly printed material with a few autograph notes. Press cuttings relating to Palestine and the Jewish diaspora, c 2000-2008. Photocopied articles about Jews, diaspora and anti-semitism. Including ‘An Hour at the Amusement Park’ by Joseph Roth, William Shenei...
Journey to Nowhere: one woman looks for the promised land by Eva Figes, working papers
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In this account of the life of Edith, a Jewish housemaid from Eva Figes' childhood home in Berlin, who survived the war in German and was persuaded to emigrate to Palestine. She returned to London to live with the Unger family after a disappointing experience in Palestine before disppearing. P...
Two ringbound notebooks with notes on Berlin, Palestine and Jewish issues, notes on planning, Edith’s life and character, including post-it notes. (A & B) A ringbound notebook with autograph notes relating to copyrights permissions for 'Journey to Nowhere'. (C)
Two ringbound notebooks with autograph notes on planning and some research notes from books relating to jewish diaspora and other issues, including post-it notes with hand written notes of book titles.Loose pages of autograph notes on editing and a bibliography listing books citated or used in re...