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A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first timefrom journalist, poet and survivor József Debreczeni

As immediate a confrontation of the horrors of the camps as I've ever encountered. It's also a subtle if startling meditation on what it is to attempt to confront those horrors with wordsDebreczeni has preserved a panoptic depiction of hell, at once personal, communal and atmospheric. New York Times

A treasure...Debreczeni's memoir is a crucial contribution to Holocaust literature, a book that enlarges our understanding of ''life'' in Auschwitz. Wall Street Journal

A literary diamond...A holocaust memoir worthy of Primo Levi. The Times of London

It should be required reading. Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated

A timely reminder of man''s inhumanity to man. Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans

József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungar

Cold Crematorium

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    A Hardback by József Debreczeni, Paul Olchváry, Jonathan Freedland

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      Publisher: St Martin's Press
      Publication Date: 23/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9781250290533, 978-1250290533
      ISBN10: 1250290538
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first timefrom journalist, poet and survivor József Debreczeni

      As immediate a confrontation of the horrors of the camps as I've ever encountered. It's also a subtle if startling meditation on what it is to attempt to confront those horrors with wordsDebreczeni has preserved a panoptic depiction of hell, at once personal, communal and atmospheric. New York Times

      A treasure...Debreczeni's memoir is a crucial contribution to Holocaust literature, a book that enlarges our understanding of ''life'' in Auschwitz. Wall Street Journal

      A literary diamond...A holocaust memoir worthy of Primo Levi. The Times of London

      It should be required reading. Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated

      A timely reminder of man''s inhumanity to man. Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans

      József Debreczeni, a prolific Hungar

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