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Landschaften Der Metropole Des Todes: Auschwitz Und Die Grenzen Der Erinnerung Und Der Vorstellungskraft (2013)

by Otto Dov Kulka(Favorite Author)

4.02 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt

review 1: I must confess that I was expecting a much better book. I don't mean to be disrespectful, it is a powerful and moving story of hardships and survival, but for a memoir I found it very confusing and unfocused. There is no clear narrative (as opposed to Elie Wiesel's grandpiece "Night") nor clear timetable. It is in reality a mere collage of thoughts and flashback on the author's 1 and a half imprisonment in Auchwitz, with little to no dramatization or careful narration. If it wasn't for the brilliant editing work (the book is full of awesome historical photographs and the chapters are beautifully rendered), this book would be almost unreadable. All and all a book that could be great but falls short due to its author's lack of ambition. It gets 3 stars solely due to the subj... moreect matter.
review 2: This is in many ways a rather odd book. It has no over-arching narrative structure, and offers no interpretation of the events recounted within. The main body of the book is drawn from memories the author dictated on to cassettes over a period of several decades, resulting in a fragmented, disconnected and in places dream-like narrative voice. However this does not diminish the book, but rather enhances its power. It is intensely personal, and that also serves to heighten the horror contained within; however it is not a "dark" book despite all this; there is, somehow, an aura of hope at the heart of it. less

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