Books by Vera Schwarcz

Based on the life of a young child from a distinguished Torah lineage in Poland, and crafted from a variety of sources and languages, this book illustrates the inner resources of the refugee community that made possible survival with dignity, and tells the story of a terrifying journey to Vilna, Kobe, and Shanghai.

The Singing Crane Garden in northwest Beijing has been the site of several important and cataclysmic events in modern Chinese history. In this poetic and highly personal study of memory, trauma, and cultural renewal, Schwarcz brings to life the complex history of a richly layered corner of China's much traversed yet little known cultural landscape.

This book explores the tenacity of truth in the wake of historical trauma in a wide variety of cultural and linguistic settings.