A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
Autor Thomas Buergenthal Cuvânt înainte de Elie Wieselen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 apr 2015
In a new edition of his bestselling memoir, Thomas Buergenthal tells of his astonishing experiences as a young boy. Buergenthal arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and one work camp. Separated from his mother and then his father, he managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life.
Since the initial publication of this book, new documents have been made available, allowing Buergenthal to finally learn the details of his mother's search for him and the truth about his father. With a new afterword by the author sharing these revelations, A LUCKY CHILD is a classic that demands to be read by all.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316339186
ISBN-10: 0316339180
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 137 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316339180
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 137 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
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Notă biografică
Considered
one
of
the
world's
leading
international
human
rights
law
experts,Thomas
Buergenthalserved
as
a
judge
at
the
International
Court
of
Justice
and
prior
thereto
as
judge
and
president
of
the
Inter-American
Court
of
Human
Rights.
He
is
the
Lobingier
Professor
of
Comparative
Law
&
Jurisprudence
at
the
George
Washington
University
Law
School,
and
the
recipient
of
the
United
States
Holocaust
Memorial
Museum's
2015
Elie
Wiesel
Award.
Recenzii
"In
the
plainest
words
and
the
steadiest
tones
(as
an
intimate
would
speak
deadly
truth
in
the
dead
of
night),
Thomas
Buergenthal
delivers
to
us
the
child
he
once
was:
an
unblemished
little
boy
made
human
prey
by
Europe's
indelible
twentieth-century
barbarism,
a
criminality
that
will
never
leave
off
its
telling.
History
and
memory
fail
to
ebb;
rather,
they
accelerate
and
proliferate,
and
Buergenthal's
voice
is
now
more
thunderous
than
ever.
Pledged
to
universal
human
rights,
he
has
turned
a
life
of
gratuitous
deliverance
into
a
work
of
visionary
compassion."—Cynthia
Ozick,
author
of
Heir
to
the
Glimmering
World
"A Lucky Childis an extraordinary story, simply and beautifully told. Heartbreaking and thrilling, it examines what it means to be human, in every good and awful sense. Perhaps most amazingly of all, Thomas Buergenthal remembers and renders the small mysteries and grand passions of childhood, even a childhood lived under the most horrific circumstances."—Elizabeth McCracken, author of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
"The unsentimental tone of Buergenthal's writing magnifies his deliberate decision not to make melodrama out of a story that is plenty dramatic enough. Like Primo Levi and Anne Frank, Buergenthal can only tell the story of one life, but through that life we are led to consider and honor all the lives of those who weren't so lucky."—Kate Braestrup, author of Here If You Need Me
"An extraordinary historical document and a humane statement of great moral depth."—Bernard Wasserstein, Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of History, University of Chicago
"An extraordinary and inspiring book by an extraordinary and inspiring man. It's one of those rare books you devour cover to cover in a single reading. It deserves to be read very widely indeed, especially for anyone desperate for a hint of light in a world that can often seem so very dark."—Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team and Lawless World
"A remarkable, sometimes astonishing story of finding protection and kindness from unlikely sources, uncanny narrow escapes and a powerfully strong will to live."—Betty Gordon, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Buergenthal is an excellent and evocative storyteller. The fine writing and insights here make this book a powerful choice for teens looking for a mentor through emotional and political challenges of their own."—Francisca Goldsmith,School Library Journal
"You think you've heard it all....But this one is different. The clear, nonhectoring prose makes Buergenthal's personal story-and the enduring ethical questions it prompts-the stuff of a fast, gripping read."—Booklist
"Powerful....The author's story is astonishing and moving, and his capacity for forgiveness is remarkably heartening. An important new voice joins the chorus of survivors."—Kirkus Reviews
"In the darkness, the indomitable spirit of the child...[is] what makes this memoir so rewarding."—Genevieve Fox, Telegraph
"A Lucky Childis an extraordinary story, simply and beautifully told. Heartbreaking and thrilling, it examines what it means to be human, in every good and awful sense. Perhaps most amazingly of all, Thomas Buergenthal remembers and renders the small mysteries and grand passions of childhood, even a childhood lived under the most horrific circumstances."—Elizabeth McCracken, author of An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination
"The unsentimental tone of Buergenthal's writing magnifies his deliberate decision not to make melodrama out of a story that is plenty dramatic enough. Like Primo Levi and Anne Frank, Buergenthal can only tell the story of one life, but through that life we are led to consider and honor all the lives of those who weren't so lucky."—Kate Braestrup, author of Here If You Need Me
"An extraordinary historical document and a humane statement of great moral depth."—Bernard Wasserstein, Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor of History, University of Chicago
"An extraordinary and inspiring book by an extraordinary and inspiring man. It's one of those rare books you devour cover to cover in a single reading. It deserves to be read very widely indeed, especially for anyone desperate for a hint of light in a world that can often seem so very dark."—Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team and Lawless World
"A remarkable, sometimes astonishing story of finding protection and kindness from unlikely sources, uncanny narrow escapes and a powerfully strong will to live."—Betty Gordon, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Buergenthal is an excellent and evocative storyteller. The fine writing and insights here make this book a powerful choice for teens looking for a mentor through emotional and political challenges of their own."—Francisca Goldsmith,School Library Journal
"You think you've heard it all....But this one is different. The clear, nonhectoring prose makes Buergenthal's personal story-and the enduring ethical questions it prompts-the stuff of a fast, gripping read."—Booklist
"Powerful....The author's story is astonishing and moving, and his capacity for forgiveness is remarkably heartening. An important new voice joins the chorus of survivors."—Kirkus Reviews
"In the darkness, the indomitable spirit of the child...[is] what makes this memoir so rewarding."—Genevieve Fox, Telegraph