The Library of Moloch

Melvin Jules Bukiet

1986

Most witnesses told their stories voluntarily. These stories were equivalent to their souls yet they were willing to donate them to the Library of Moloch because they believed that to tell was to verify a past that had become dreamlike even to themselves. And after all, they were people of the book. Of course, the form was strange, but they had…

Please login or register for free access to Posen Library
Register
Already have an account?
Engage with this Source

Creator Bio

Melvin Jules Bukiet

b. 1953

Born in New York City, Melvin Jules Bukiet is the author of several novels and collections of short stories that often contain Jewish historical motifs. He teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and is also an editor and literary critic. Bukiet received the Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and was named to the National Book Critics’ Circle Recommended Reading List in 1995.

You may also like

The Deserted

Rosie thought about father—a repressed anxiety that never disappeared altogether and lingered as a dark shadow behind a light and joyful life, like the pale backdrop to a colorful stage—but she did…
View Source

Daniel’s Story

“We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That’s all we know for sure. We can’t create a new species or a new world. That’s been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries. What are…
View Source