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*Re-Read*
This book is absolutely one of the most powerful, moving, agonizing reads and it affects me EVERY time I read it. It is one of my most recommended books. 163/1,001 #1001Books

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Read a book in translation. Originally published in Polish.

Best 180 pages I have read in a long time. Although a work of fiction, the author was imprisoned in Auschwitz & Dachau from 1943-45. This book is about the inhumanity of man. "Published in Poland after WWII, this collection of concentration camp stories shows atrocious war crimes becoming an unremarkable part of a daily routine." #1001books

An unbelievably horrific time. Yet I can‘t put it down.

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In less than 24 hours I have finished 3 books about WWII. This was unplanned but a nice example of life‘s synchronicity nonetheless. Borowski was a Polish poet and member of the educational underground (teaching Poles anything was illegal under Nazi rule). He spent 2 years in concentration camps and wrote stories about “life” there. Such as life was. His stories have a tone of disinterested undeadness. Because life was unimaginable there.

#injustice

I've only read the titular story of this collection and as you can guess, it's horrifying. Borowski wrote from his Auschwitz experiences from which he never recovered. He killed himself at age 28. 😢 This book is a Holocaust classic and the writing is stark and beautiful. #poland #Augustisatrip @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

I like that title very much, because perfectly sums up the gist of this short stories collection set in Auschwitz-Birkenau. All of the stories are brutally cynical and thought provoking, exploring human nature in the extreme situations and environment, where your enemy could become your ‘friend‘ and the friend is the threat just because you need to survive. Very original, startling and sometimes even disturbing view on humanity and morality.

Challenge for #24in48 #readathon Hour 12: Fantastic first lines
Simple but effective first line from my current book.

... decision has been made ... my selection for #24in48 #readathon

A fast read, and a bit of a different view of life in Auschwitz. Genocide is still happening around our globe. Why do some people feel superior? Even if you survive the horror, can you live a normal life? Borowski wasn't able to.

'Becoming totally familiair with the inexplicable and the abnormal.'

Borowski was arrested and put to work in Auschwitz. He writes about how everybody gets numb and even indifferent when confronted with the horrors of the holocaust day by day.

When I finished the book I read that Borowski, still under 30, committed suicide by gassing himself. Unable to cope with the world. This made me shiver and still does.

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