| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 472 pages) |
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text file |
| Note |
Translated from the French. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"In 1943, Charlotte Delbo and 229 other women were deported to a station with no name, which they later learned was Auschwitz. Arrested for resisting the Nazi occupation of Paris, Delbo was sent to the camps, enduring both Auschwitz and Ravensbrück for twenty-seven months. She sustained herself by reciting Molière and resolved to someday write a book about herself and her fellow deportees, a stunning work called None of Us Will Return. After the camps, Delbo devoted her life to the art of writing and the duty of witnessing, fiercely advocating for the power of the arts to testify against despotism and tyranny. Ghislaine Dunant's unforgettable biography of Delbo, La vie retrouvée (2016), captivated French readers and was awarded the Prix Femina. Now translated into English for the first time, Charlotte Delbo: A Life Reclaimed depicts Delbo's lifelong battles as a working-class woman, as a survivor, as a leftist who broke from the Communist Party, and most of all, as a writer whose words compelled others to see"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Delbo, Charlotte.
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Delbo, Charlotte. |
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |
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Delbo, Charlotte. |
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Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, French. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Political prisoners -- France -- Biography.
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Political prisoners. |
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Political prisoners -- Poland -- Biography.
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Poland. |
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France. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Lachman, Kathryn, translator.
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| Added Title |
Charlotte Delbo. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dunant, Ghislaine. Charlotte Delbo. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021] 9781625345783 (DLC) 2020053358 |
| ISBN |
9781613768341 (electronic book) |
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1613768346 (electronic book) |
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9781613768358 (electronic book) |
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1613768354 (electronic book) |
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9781625345783 (paperback) |
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9781625345837 (hardcover) |
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