Chris Heath
No Road Leading Back
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An Improbable Escape from the Nazis and the Tangled Way We Tell the Story of the Holocaust
- Praise For No Road Leading Back
- "This chillingly meticulous chronicle of a dozen escapees from a Nazi extermination camp underscores the mechanics of heroism and the fallibility of memory.... Heath painstakingly sifts through the conflicting accounts over the decades, analyzing discrepancies, details, and contradictions. Ultimately, he learned, just like the survivors, 'of how great the distance could be between speaking out must-read in and being heard.' Utterly absorbing in its powerfully detailed horror and inspiring redemption - a Holocaust studies." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
- "Chris Heath has chronicled one of the bleakest, most disturbing events of the Holocaust. Previously little known, it's the story of a dozen Jews who were among those ordered to exhume the mass graves at Ponar, where most of the Jewish population of Lithuania's capital, Vilna - 'the Jerusalem of the North' - had been lined up and shot by drunken units of Einsatzgruppen. Exhume and burn the bodies: that was the order. Because the criminals were hiding the evidence. 'All roads lead to Ponar, poet and partisan Abba Kovner had said. 'And Ponar means death. "These prisoners, intensely alive in Heath's crystalline prose, were sent to a hell deeper than the lowest circle of Dante, where they set about losing their minds and planning their escape. The stories of these men will unsettle and change you. Anyone who cares about human nature and the question of good and evil owes this author their admiration and gratitude." -Rich Cohen, New York Times bestselling author of Tough Jerus: Fathers, Sons, and Gangster Dreams and The Avengers: A Jewish War Story
- "The present moment is an argument for the urgency of this book. A monumental act of reconstruction, it helps restore historical specificity to an unfathomable reality too easily turned into a politically expedient metaphor that has made Holocaust inversion the latest in a litany of ancient calumnies." -Jonathan Rosen, author of The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
- "This is one of the best books written about the Shoah by Bullets. Clearly written, superbly researched, it's a fascinating reminder of an unjustly neglected story about the Holocaust." -David Herman, chief reviewer of The Jewish Chronicle
- "Chris Heath has finally given the horror of Ponar the sustained and concentrated attention it deserves. He has left no stone unturned in his effort to understand what happened in this terrible place, and to reinscribe its survivors' stories back into historical memory. I was stunned by this book's scope, rigor, and compassion. A monumental work of reportage and commemoration." -Heather Clark, author of Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath
| Code: | 9780805243710 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Chris Heath |
| ISBN-10: | 0805243712 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780805243710 |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Pages: | 635 |
| Dimensions: | 6.5" x 9.5" |
| Publisher: | Schocken Books |
| Date: | 9/3/2024 |
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| Category | Book / sefer |
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| Brand | Chris Heath |
| SKU | 9780805243710 |
| Availability | In stock |
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