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O. Henry Award おーへんりーしょう

Edition 61 (1981)

Short story awardLiterature awardInclusion in anthology

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Cynthia Ozick しんしあ・おじっく Winner

Set against the Holocaust, the story follows a mother trying to protect her child by wrapping the girl in a shawl. The shawl becomes a charged symbol linking life, loss, memory, and trauma.

Set against the Holocaust, the story follows a mother trying to protect her child by wrapping the girl in a shawl. The shawl becomes a charged symbol linking life, loss, memory, and trauma.

96 pages
the Holocausttraumalossmother and child