THE HOLOCAUST AND THE (I)REVERSIBILITY OF TRAUMA: NICOLE KRAUSS, MAREA CASĂ
THE HOLOCAUST AND THE (I)REVERSIBILITY OF TRAUMA: NICOLE KRAUSS, MAREA CASĂ

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes The Great House, the most recent novel written by American writer, Nicole Krauss, from the point of view of Holocaust postmemorial literature. The polyphonical structure of the novel affords us to discuss Lotte Berg’s story as a study case for what we may call the literature of trauma. Lotte is a survivor of the Holocaust, but she repressed all her memories from the sad period that she spent in a concentration camp. Her trauma was never cured because she rejected any contact with her past.

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