Charisma , memory , myth , witnessing the reality of The Holocaust and transformation are all themes in Dann 's work he has either identified himself or have been highlighted by reviewers and commentators . His stories often deal with achieving transcendent states , undertaking spiritual journeys or encountering confronting experiences that dramatically alter the psyche . Many involve young men who are liberated from naive origins by journeys marked by alien , revelatory or otherwise confrontational experiences which transform them , leaving them with a greater connection and awareness of their general environment or wider fields of consciousness . His first and second published novels , '' Starhiker '' and '' Junction '' and a significant number of his short stories are examples of this trend . He has linked this preoccupation with his experience of coming close to death as a young man , following his hospitalisation in 1965 , which he claims had a similar transformational effect on his character
The Holocaust
The Holocaust
Jack Dann