Refusal [Hardcover]

Soazig Aaron (Author), Barbara Bray (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 24, 2007

This moving and profoundly truthful story is told in the form of diary, kept by Angélika, the sister-in-law and friend of Klara, who wandered through war-ravaged Europe for two months after her release from Auschwitz before returning to Paris in August 1945. Gradually, with cold anger and pitiless lucidity, Klara reveals the full horror of what she experienced in Auschwitz as she struggles to readapt to normal life. With truth, dignity, power, and intelligence, this captivating novel captures the inhumanity of the death camps and the scars suffered by those who survived them.

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About the Author

Soazig Aaron has been awarded the Prix Emmanuel-Roblès and a Goncourt scholarship. Barbara Bray has translated works of fiction and nonfiction, including Marguerite Duras’s Destroy, She Said and Julia Kristeva's Posessions.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Random House UK (July 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843431653
• ISBN-13: 978-1843431657
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 0.8 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,261,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Riviting and Compelling, November 28, 2008

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An amazing break-out book. It's one of those books that you start reading and won't put down until you have read the last page.
I can't wait for the next book. There's no biography information on the internet on this incredible author, yet.