Description: The Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps by Terrence Des Pres published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1976. First edition, Second printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book comes with 7 vintage Newspaper articles. The Survivor describes the ultimate evil of our time, the concentration camps under Hitler and Stalin, and explores what they can teach us about human dignity. “A survivor is one who sustains unimaginable physical and psychic damage and yet manages to stay alive in body and in spirit, enduring dread and hopelessness without the loss of will to carry on in human ways.” Terrence Des Pres “Infinitely touching and heartening."--Alfred Kazin, The New York Times Book Review Contents: The Survivor in Fiction The Will to Bear Witness Excremental Assault Nightmare and Waking Life in Death Us and Them Radical Nakedness Bibliography CONDITION: This Book is in good condition. Tight binding, clean text. Book shows normal fairly minor signs of storage & age. No writing, no bookplates. Pages have turned yellow from age. Foxing to paper commensurate with age. The cover is a bit scuffed. The dust jacket is worn, chipped, ripped, scuffed, has tears, and edge wear. Please see pictures. THE PICTURES ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION. PLEASE REVIEW THEM FOR A BETTER IDEA OF CONDITION.
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Location: Claremont, California
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Book Title: Survivor : an Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps
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Book Series: Historical
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Adults
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Edition: First Edition
Vintage: Yes
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Publication Year: 1976
Type: Non-fiction
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Terrence Des Pres
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Features: 1st Edition, Second printing, Dust Jacket, Bibliographical references, Vintage Newspaper Articles
Genre: History, Antiquarian & Collectible, Nonfiction, True Stories, Historiography
Topic: Holocaust (1939-1945), Jews, genocide, World War II, 1939-1945, WW2, WWII, Prisons, Survival, Prison psychology, Self-preservation, collective resistance, Psychological aspects, human solidarity, Adaptability, dignity, coping mechanisms, humanness, death camps, concentration camps, Nazi camps, Soviet Gulag, labour camps, cruelty, violence, torture, psychological hardship, racism, prejudice, hatred
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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