[en] This article rereads the novella De nacht van de Girondijnen by the Jewish-Dutch writer and historian Jacques Presser. This text is often considered to be a failed work of literature. This article avers that this so-called failure in fact bears witness to Presser's traumatizing experience of the Shoah.
Disciplines :
Literature
Author, co-author :
Spinoy, Erik ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des langues et littératures modernes > Littérature néerlandaise
Language :
Dutch
Title :
‘… dat dit alles waar is’. Over De nacht der Girondijnen
Alternative titles :
[en] '... that all this is true'. On De nacht van de Girondijnen