At my first sight of a painting by Samuel Bak; I had the keen sense that he was telling me stories with his brush. Now that at long last he has written this book; I find it no wonder that he has painted with his pen.... Among the tens and hundreds of books I have read about the pre-Shoah and post-Shoah period... Bakrsquo;s book is unique. Despite being suffused with a sense of loss; horror; degradation; and death; it is ultimately a sanguine; funny book; full of the love of life; rocking with an almost cathartic joy. At times I found myself bursting out laughing... a marvelous ode; a colorful hymn to the forces of life; love; creation; and the joys of the senses. mdash;From the Foreword by Amos OzIn Painted in Words internationally renowned artist Samuel Bak sets aside his brushes to narrate the stories of his lifemdash;as a child in Nazi-occupied Vilna; as a youth in European refugee camps; and as a maturing artist in Israel; France; Italy; Switzerland; and the United States. With gentle humor; the child prodigy of the faraway past and the accomplished artist of today engage in a spirited dialogue from which emerges a self-portrait of "The Artist as a Youngmdash;and middle-aged and agingmdash;Survivor." The brilliance; vision; and virtuosity that Bak brings to his painting are equally in evidence in his writing. This deeply touching work is an important contribution to Holocaust literature and art history.
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