tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post5105260851150723274..comments2023-09-25T13:41:12.977+01:00Comments on Brave New Words: Holocaust LiteratureB.J. Epsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07564748493196230467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-59913761058585272652011-03-15T11:53:09.555+00:002011-03-15T11:53:09.555+00:00OPs I'm sorry If this is a man is already on t...OPs I'm sorry If this is a man is already on the list!But I'd like to read with you some words:<br />You who live safe<br />In your warm houses,<br />You who find, returning in the evening,<br />Hot food and friendly faces:<br />Consider if this is a man<br />Who works in the mud<br />Who does not know peace<br />Who fights for a scrap of bread<br />Who dies because of a yes or a no.<br />Consider if this is a woman,<br />Without hair and without name<br />With no more strength to remember,<br />Her eyes empty and her womb cold<br />Like a frog in winter.<br />Meditate that this came about:<br />I commend these words to you.<br />Carve them in your hearts<br />At home, in the street,<br />Going to bed, rising;<br />Repeat them to your children,<br />Or may your house fall apart,<br />May illness impede you,<br />May your children turn their faces from you.<br />Primo LeviAlba Masianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-50694170749879238672011-03-15T11:47:00.555+00:002011-03-15T11:47:00.555+00:00I want to suggest you "Se questo è un uomo&qu...I want to suggest you "Se questo è un uomo" (If this is a man) by the italian writer Primo Levi. His words are so real!<br />http://zerosei.comune.re.it/pdfs/memoria27gennaio10/memoria270110web.pdf <br />AlbaAlba Masianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-11819245377598746832011-02-15T16:00:13.303+00:002011-02-15T16:00:13.303+00:00Thanks for your suggestions!
Yes, memoirs can be e...Thanks for your suggestions!<br />Yes, memoirs can be excellent sources. But literature also serves a purpose, I think.<br />Best wishes,<br />BJB.J. Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564748493196230467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-62442187024401872652011-02-14T21:27:39.797+00:002011-02-14T21:27:39.797+00:00I would not relay on the list much. "The pain...I would not relay on the list much. "The painted bird" by Kosinski is a fiction novel. If you are looking for the right literature go to Auschwitz museum bookshop. You will find many memoirs written by the prisoners as well as educational resources. You can also contact the stuff and ask for recommendations, people working there are very friendly. I got to know them while I volunteered at the museum. http://en.auschwitz.org.pl/m/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=741&Itemid=83Korean Translatorhttp://www.ktranslation.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-10832582298848287462011-02-11T08:14:34.568+00:002011-02-11T08:14:34.568+00:00I liked Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz and loved Ma...I liked Fatelessness by Imre Kertesz and loved Maus by Art Spiegelman, but I hated The Pianist (both the book and the movie}. It's not a bad list although it clearly contains only books that have been translated into English and there are so many more.{sylvaf}https://www.blogger.com/profile/09075456282762806373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26093079.post-48646892126704077852011-02-11T06:02:13.812+00:002011-02-11T06:02:13.812+00:00Off the top of my head, I'd say The Last of t...Off the top of my head, I'd say The Last of the Just by Andre Schwarz-Bart, Adam Resurrected by Yoram Kaniuk (I've just seen the movie after reading the book a few years back) and See Under Love by David Grossman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com