Auschwitz and After - Second Edition

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Delbo, Delbo Charlotte
• Assisted by: Langer Lawrence L. (Introduction), Rosette C. Lamont (Translation), Lamont Rosette C. (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.2014
• EAN: 9780300190779
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19077-9
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Memoirs, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1940 to c 1949, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs