On Robert Antelme's the Human Race: Essays and Commentary

by Robert Antelme

Book Overview

Rescued in 1945 from Dachau--where Fran?ois Mitterand, his onetime comrade in the resistance, recognized him among the thousands of quarantined prisoners--Robert Antelme set out to do what seemed "unimaginable," to describe not only his experience but the humanity of his captors. The result, The Human Race, was called by George Perec "the finest example in contemporary French writing of what literature can be."

In this volume, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810160641
• ISBN13: 9780810160644
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Marlboro Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"