{"product_id":"jewels-and-ashes-arnold-zable","title":"Jewels and Ashes - Arnold Zable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomance and terror, light and shadow, replicas and originals, hover side by side, seeking reconciliation, while within me there is a sense of awe and a silent refrain: I am here, at last I am here; and it is far more beautiful than I had imagined. And far more devastating. Yet, somehow, never have I felt so much at peace.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the twenty-five years since it was published, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewels and Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has become a classic, a book that has stood the test of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCompelled by the momentum of memory, the unsettling fragments of ancestral stories told him as a child, Arnold Zable travels to the Eastern European countryside of his parents' remembrance, the terrain of his dreams and imagination, where he retraces the steps of the generations before him. Miraculously, it is this journey to the past that allows Zable to understand the present the inner lives of those who, like his parents, survived the hatred but lost every trace of his family and former lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArnold Zable has articulated, exquisitely, the haunted consciousness of the next generation. An astonishing achievement, this is a lyrical, transcendent, luminous work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout The Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArnold Zable was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and grew up in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton. He has travelled and lived in the USA, India, Papua New Guinea, Europe, Southeast Asia and China, and now lives in Melbourne with his wife and son. His books include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewels and Ashes, Café Scheherazade, The Fig Tree, Scraps of Heaven and Sea of Many Returns. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArnold is president of the International PEN, Melbourne, and is a human rights advocate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eScribe Publishing 2016, paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44854125953093,"sku":null,"price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9997\/3445\/files\/jewels-and-ashes-arnold-zable-jewelsashes-7323004.jpg?v=1775679608","url":"https:\/\/shop.sydneyjewishmuseum.com.au\/products\/jewels-and-ashes-arnold-zable","provider":"Sydney Jewish Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}