The Survivor - An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps

An eloquent revelation that touches the foundations of what man is. Neither despairing nor conventionally hopeful, The Survivor describes the most terrible events in human memory. But what emerges finally is an image of man stubbornly equal to the worst that can happen.

About the author

The late Terrence Des Pres was Crawshaw Professor of English Literature at Colgate University.

Summary

An eloquent revelation that touches the foundations of what man is. Neither despairing nor conventionally hopeful, The Survivor describes the most terrible events in human memory. But what emerges finally is an image of man stubbornly equal to the worst that can happen.

Additional text

Infinitely touching and heartening.

Product details

• Authors: Terrence Des Pres, Terrence Des Pres
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.1993
• EAN: 9780195027037
• ISBN: 978-0-19-502703-7
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 138 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europe, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater