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This one should be the longest and most difficult read for me, yet the simplest fact that it is a true story makes it the best read of mine so far of the year. Even after finishing it gave me shivers almost the whole night, and i kept on asking myself:0 was life so cheap for third reich to throw an...
My plan with this work was to read only the introductory essay by Simone de Beauvoir and The 120 days of Sodom. The introductory essay by de Beauvoir is great, but in the end, after reading de Sade, I think she is taken in by de Sade's efforts at self-delusion.As for de Sade, I finally decided to r...
The writing style is very bare-bones, pared down, and concise. Nyiszli recounts his experiences in a detached, almost emotionless-seeming way, and this approach serves to highlight the atrocities and horror of the concentration camps by dint of the very factual, almost scientific approach. It's a mu...
It was difficult to finish this book... I found myself shocked, disgusted, and all manner of other unpleasant emotions and reactions throughout the entire book. This is not for the faint of heart, that's for sure. Knowing that it was a true story... That made it even worse and more difficult to dige...
I first become aware of this story when the movie adaption of the book came out. I read an interview of Shohreh Aghdashloo (who is a wonderful actress and a beautiful woman), and went to see the film, even though I knew it wasn't going to be a happy picture.It was the only time I have ever heard cr...
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