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Hauntingly beautiful short stories with strong affinities to Kafka and Borges, by one of the most original voices to emerge from India. Indian author Naiyer Masud has long been hailed as a leading writer in his native Lucknow, where he has won several prestigious literary awards. Now seven of Masud's most highly regarded stories have been translated from Urdu for the first time, introducing to a wider audience the work of a master of the short story and opening a window on an exciting literary tradition. In spare, abstract language reminiscent of Kafka and Borges, Masud creates a lush landscape of dreams and disillusion. A parfumier mixes memory with desire to recall the older girl who influenced his destiny. A dispossessed boy learns difficult lessons of love and its transparencies from a young girl who has never set foot on land. A man escapes his incestuous longings to become a building inspector with the unusual ability to detect in houses their obscure realms of fear and desire. Masud's 'irreducibly authentic' (Safdir Mir, Dawn) and 'enlightening' (Muzaffar Ali Syed, The Friday Times) work reflects his careful ear for the strange and uneven rhythms beneath a highly routinized everydayness, which lend these stories their mystical yet deeply human tone.

Mnller came to Auschwitz with one of the earliest transports from Slovakia in April 1942, and was forced to work in the gassing installations and crematoria. He was still alive when the gassings ceased in November 1944. He is one of the few prisoners who lived to tell of the horrors of Auschwitz, and his account is one of the key documents of the Holocaust. Includes b&w maps and a glossary. Lacks a subject index. First published in 1979. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

'This learned volume is about as chilling as historiography gets.' —Walter Laqueur, The New Republic

'... a one-volume study of Auschwitz without peer in Holocaust literature.' —Kirkus Reviews

'... a comprehensive portrait of the largest and most lethal of the Nazi death camps... serves as a vital contribution to Holocaust studies and a bulwark against forgetting.' —Publishers Weekly

More than a million people were murdered at Auschwitz, of whom 90 percent were Jews. Here leading scholars from around the world provide the first comprehensive account of what took place at Auschwitz.

In una sezione del primo volume del Progetto memoria, La mappa perduta, abbiamo presentato informazioni relative agli eventi in cui 68 militanti delle organizzazioni armate hanno incontrato la morte nel corso del conflitto che ha attraversato l'Italia dal 1969 e che ha lasciato tracce ed irrisolti fino ai nostri giorni. Ciascuno dei 68 capitoli nominali articola un profilo biografico sociale su più dimensioni: notizie biografiche essenziali; eventuali scritture del militante deceduto; documenti prodotti da organizzazioni armate e da altri gruppi sociali per la persona o per l'evento in cui ha incontrato la morte; frammenti di altre pubblicazioni in cui viene ricordata la persona; testimonianze dirette prodotte per questa ricerca e donate al Progetto memoria da chi ha conosciuto i militanti e ha voluto ricordare quegli incontri. L'introduzione illustra metodi e criteri della ricerca, ricchezze umane e ostacoli incontrati nel reperimento della documentazione, ed alcune riflessioni sul complesso rapporto tra la memoria e il rimosso, soprattutto quando quest'ultimo ha a che fare con la morte.

Documents an extraordinary exhibition organized by Washington State University in collaboration with the Cheney Cowles Museum. The exhibit focused on the encounter and mutual impact of Catholic and Native American Indian religions and cultures in Montana, Idaho, and Washington, beginning with Pierre-Jean De Smet of Belgium meeting the Salish (or Flathead) in the early 1840s. Explanatory captions and text accompany an abundance of beautifully presented artwork, craft pieces and clothing, photos, maps, and documents intended to convey the content of each culture and point of view and how they juxtaposed and intermeshed. Only the sound segments of the exhibit are missing. 9.75x11' Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.