The Diary of Petr Ginz

Informationen zum Autor Petr Ginz died in 1944, aged sixteen. His sister, Chava Pressburger, who introduces his diary ( The Diary of Petr Ginz 2007) now lives in Israel. Klappentext 'While the diary in your hands is a resoundingly good book - by just about every imaginable definition - what it stands in opposition to isn't evil, but speechlessness.' - Jonathan Safran Foer, from his Introduction to The Diary of Petr Ginz Petr Ginz was a Czech 'Mischling' who was sent to Theresienstadt work camp in 1942, aged 13. Two years later he was sent to his death in Auschwitz. His recently-discovered diaries make for mesmerizing and poignant reading. 'While the diary in your hands is a resoundingly good book - by just about every imaginable definition - what it stands in opposition to isn't evil, but speechlessness.' - Jonathan Safran Foer, from his Introduction to The Diary of Petr Ginz Zusammenfassung 'While the diary in your hands is a resoundingly good book - by just about every imaginable definition - what it stands in opposition to isn't evil, but speechlessness.' - Jonathan Safran Foer, from his Introduction to The Diary of Petr Ginz

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Petr Ginz, Ginz Petr, Chava Pressburger
• Mitarbeit: Elena Lappin (Übersetzung), Lappin Elena (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Atlantic Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.02.2008
• EAN: 9781843545545
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-554-5
• Abmessung: 172 mm x 215 mm x 14 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Biographien, Autobiographien; Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Biography: general, Germany, HISTORY / Holocaust, Czech Republic, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, Czechia, Second World War, 1939-1945