ABSTRACT
The novel House of Dolls teems with excessive descriptions. These descriptions confer a double action upon the reader: while congesting the emotional space on the one hand, they also distance the reader from it on the other hand. Rina Dudai describes Ka-Tzetnik's characteristic use of poetic stratagems such as anaphora, hyperbole, tautology and dramatic punctuation, along with what she calls a "volcanic poetic language". Dudai also demonstrates how the use of hyperboles makes the presented worldview total and absolute, with evil filling the world to the exclusion of all else: Harry stands amidhordes of bristling slaughter knives. Among the various characters surrounding Daniela, two are especially fascinating: the first is a possibly autistic, or maybe post-traumatic girl from Oswiecim. The other character is Fella, who generously shares the bread she obtains in return for the sexual services she provides.
