Aught from Naught: A. M. Klein's The Second Scroll (E L S MONOGRAPH SERIES)

A.M. Klein's The Second Scroll is a complex, demanding and disturbing book, and one of the most fascinating and innovative novels written in Canada. This book situates The Second Scroll in a Canadian literary and critical context, discusses Klein's use and view of language, examines the novel in terms of the aesthetics of Holocaust literature, and provides a chapter by chapter critical commentary on the text.