Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes. Published in Poland after the ...
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Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yards from where others are murdered; where the difference between human beings is reduced to a second bowl of soup, an extra blanket or the luxury of a pair of shoes with thick soles; and where the line between normality and abnormality vanishes. Published in Poland after the Second World War, these stories constitute a masterwork of world literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Add this copy of This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen to cart. $21.99, like new condition, Sold by Carobok rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BELEN, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Penguin Group.
Add this copy of This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by Carobok rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BELEN, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Penguin Group.
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Very good. Text in English, Polish. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Writers from the Other Europe. Audience: General/trade. Very good. Pages are clean and free of marks. Page edges are tanned. Cover has moderate wear. Spine has creases. (G)