A lost classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time-from journalist, poet and survivor Jozsef Debreczeni
"As immediate a confrontation of the horrors of the camps as I've ever encountered. It's also a subtle if startling meditation on what it is to attempt to confront those horrors with words...Debreczeni has preserved a panoptic depiction of hell, at once personal, communal and atmospheric." -New York Times
"A treasure...Debreczeni's memoir is a crucial contribution to Holocaust literature, a book that enlarges our understanding of 'life' in Auschwitz." -Wall Street Journal
"A literary diamond...A holocaust memoir worthy of Primo Levi." -The Times of London
"It should be required reading." -Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is Illuminated
"A timely reminder of man's inhumanity to man." -Jung Chang, author of Wild Swans
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