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Auschwitz and After
Charlotte Delbo
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Description for Auschwitz and After
Paperback. Written by a mamber of the French resistance who became an important literary figure in postwar France, this memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the post-war experiences of women survivors has become a key text for Holocaust studies classes. Translator(s): Lamont, Rosette C. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 3JJH; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 446.
The memoir of Charlotte Delbo, a French writer sent to Auschwitz for her resistance activities against the Nazi occupation of France and the Vichy government
“Delbo’s exquisite and unflinching account of life and death under Nazi atrocity grows fiercer and richer with time.”—Sara R. Horowitz, York University
Charlotte Delbo’s moving memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the postwar trauma of survivors, Auschwitz and After, is now a classic of Holocaust literature. Offering the rare perspective of a non-Jew, Delbo records moments of horror and of desperate efforts at mutual support, of the everyday deprivation and abuse experienced ... Read more
The memoir of Charlotte Delbo, a French writer sent to Auschwitz for her resistance activities against the Nazi occupation of France and the Vichy government
“Delbo’s exquisite and unflinching account of life and death under Nazi atrocity grows fiercer and richer with time.”—Sara R. Horowitz, York University
Charlotte Delbo’s moving memoir of life and death in Auschwitz and the postwar trauma of survivors, Auschwitz and After, is now a classic of Holocaust literature. Offering the rare perspective of a non-Jew, Delbo records moments of horror and of desperate efforts at mutual support, of the everyday deprivation and abuse experienced ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
445g
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300190779
SKU
V9780300190779
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99-44
About Charlotte Delbo
Charlotte Delbo (1913–1985) was the author of numerous plays and essays. Rosette C. Lamont (1927–2012) was a professor of French and comparative literature at Queens College and the Graduate School of the City University of New York. Lawrence L. Langer is Professor of English emeritus at Simmons College in Boston.
Reviews for Auschwitz and After
"I find Rosette C. Lamont’s remarkable translation of Charlotte Delbo’s work perceptive, delicate, and poignant—in short: exceptional."—Elie Wiesel "For 75 years, Nazism’s victims have told their affliction. This will carry on. Meanwhile, no other “Auschwitz” writer than Charlotte Delbo has so clearly shown human detail and human depth."—John Felstiner, author of Can Poetry Save the Earth?: A Field Guide ... Read more