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Issue Details: First known date: 1980... 1980 Come Spring : an autobiographical novel
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Notes

  • Dedication: To my husband and children.
  • Epigraph: 'So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter' (Ecclesiastes 4:1).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 1980 .
      Extent: 269p.
      ISBN: 090811040
    • Brunswick East, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 1983 .
      Extent: 269p.
      ISBN: 0908011083
    • Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2002 .
      Extent: xvi, 269 p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Introduction by Richard Freadman.
      ISBN: 090801175X

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Works about this Work

Writing a Whole Life : Maria Lewitt's Holocaust/Migration Narratives in 'Multicultural' Australia Nina Fischer , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 11 no. 4 2014; (p. 391-410)

Many scholars argue today that the memory of the Holocaust has become transnational, travelling to locations and cultures worldwide. This phenomenon has been explored in relation to technological developments, but thus far little scholarly attention has been paid to the interconnection between Holocaust memory and the post-war migration of survivors. In this article, I redress this critical oversight and examine how memory and migration shape the work of Maria Lewitt, a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Australia. Come Spring (1980) portrays her survival in Europe and No Snow in December (1985) her Australian migrant life; together, the two autobiographical novels recount ‘a whole life’, both over time and synchronically, as Lewitt connects private experiences to global historical events. In the 1980s, a time when Australia was increasingly embracing the diversity arising from its migrant population, the texts inserted Lewitt's personal memories into the public discourse in her new home country. I argue that Lewitt combined her memories of survival and migration in order to add her voice as a Jewish Australian to this new ‘multiculturalism’. This positioning suggests that we require an approach to Holocaust literature that dedicates attention to sociocultural environments. Such an interpretive viewpoint would allow the investigation of transnational movements of memory from individual perspectives, while acknowledging them as bound within certain national contexts and specific memory cultures. [Author's abstract]

Paperbacks Veronica Sen , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 20 October 2002; (p. 18)

— Review of The Hard Word John Clanchy , 2002 single work novel ; Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography ; A Charm of Powerful Trouble Joanne Horniman , 2002 single work novel ; Above the Water Margaret Bearman , 2002 single work novel
Survival and Exile in Maria Lewitt's "Come Spring" and "No Snow in December" Susan Ballyn , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 1989; (p. 73-80)
Untitled Nancy Keesing , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 168-169)

— Review of Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography
Untitled George Turner , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 November 1985; (p. 13)

— Review of Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography
A Very Splendid Story Barbara Giles , 1980 single work review
— Appears in: Luna , no. 11 1980; (p. 26)

— Review of Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography
Brevity, Wit, Tact, and Terror Thomas Shapcott , 1983 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 August 1983; (p. 37)

— Review of Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography
Untitled George Turner , 1985 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 November 1985; (p. 13)

— Review of Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography
Untitled Nancy Keesing , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: The Good Reading Guide 1989; (p. 168-169)

— Review of Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography
Paperbacks Veronica Sen , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Sunday Times , 20 October 2002; (p. 18)

— Review of The Hard Word John Clanchy , 2002 single work novel ; Come Spring : an autobiographical novel Maria Lewitt , 1980 single work novel autobiography ; A Charm of Powerful Trouble Joanne Horniman , 2002 single work novel ; Above the Water Margaret Bearman , 2002 single work novel
Address to the National Book Council 18 November 1980 Maria Lewitt , 1981 single work criticism
— Appears in: Luna , no. 12 1981; (p. 6-9)
Survival and Exile in Maria Lewitt's "Come Spring" and "No Snow in December" Susan Ballyn , 1989 single work criticism
— Appears in: Commonwealth , Autumn vol. 12 no. 1 1989; (p. 73-80)
Writing a Whole Life : Maria Lewitt's Holocaust/Migration Narratives in 'Multicultural' Australia Nina Fischer , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Life Writing , October vol. 11 no. 4 2014; (p. 391-410)

Many scholars argue today that the memory of the Holocaust has become transnational, travelling to locations and cultures worldwide. This phenomenon has been explored in relation to technological developments, but thus far little scholarly attention has been paid to the interconnection between Holocaust memory and the post-war migration of survivors. In this article, I redress this critical oversight and examine how memory and migration shape the work of Maria Lewitt, a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor who emigrated to Australia. Come Spring (1980) portrays her survival in Europe and No Snow in December (1985) her Australian migrant life; together, the two autobiographical novels recount ‘a whole life’, both over time and synchronically, as Lewitt connects private experiences to global historical events. In the 1980s, a time when Australia was increasingly embracing the diversity arising from its migrant population, the texts inserted Lewitt's personal memories into the public discourse in her new home country. I argue that Lewitt combined her memories of survival and migration in order to add her voice as a Jewish Australian to this new ‘multiculturalism’. This positioning suggests that we require an approach to Holocaust literature that dedicates attention to sociocultural environments. Such an interpretive viewpoint would allow the investigation of transnational movements of memory from individual perspectives, while acknowledging them as bound within certain national contexts and specific memory cultures. [Author's abstract]

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