Man of Ashes

In 1944 the Germans arrived and Isacovici, his family, and every other Jew from his town were pushed into cattle cars and taken ever closer to the soot and smoke of Auschwitz. He became a man of ashes.

About the author

Salomon Isacovici died in 1998. Dick Gerdes is a professor of Spanish at George Mason University. Man of Ashes was first published in Mexico in 1990 as A7393: Hombre de cenizas and was awarded the Fernando Jeno Prize.

Summary

In 1944 the Germans arrived and Isacovici, his family, and every other Jew from his town were pushed into cattle cars and taken ever closer to the soot and smoke of Auschwitz. He became a man of ashes.

Product details

• Authors: Salomon Isacovici, Juan Manuel Rodriguez
• Assisted by: Dick Gerdes (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2001
• EAN: 9780803273931
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-7393-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 123 mm x 223 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Texts and Contexts; Texts and Contexts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies