The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.

His first literary efforts were short stories but gradually he progressed to novels. "


The Holocaust as a literary theme
Many Holocaust survivors have written an autobiographical account of their survival but Appelfeld does not offer a realistic depiction of the events. He escaped and hid for three years before joining the Soviet army as a cook.

Aharon Appelfeld (Hebrew: אהרן אפלפלד‎) (born February 16 1932) is an Israeli novelist.