Wilkomirski Affair A Study in Biographical Truth

Name: Wilkomirski Affair A Study in Biographical Truth
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ISBN: 9780805211351

ISBN-10: 0805211357

ISBN-13: 9780805211351

Edition: 2001

Authors: Stefan Maechler

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This is the definitive report on Fragments, Binjamin Wilkomirski's invented "memoir" of a childhood spent in concentration camps, which created international turmoil. In 1995 Fragments, a memoir by a Swiss musician named Binjamin Wilkomirski, was published in Germany. Hailed by critics, who compared it with the masterpieces of Primo Levi and Anne Frank, the book received major prizes and was translated into nine languages. The English-language edition was published by Schocken in 1996. In Fragments, Wilkomirski described in heartwrenching detail how as a small child he survived internment in Majdanek and Birkenau and was eventually smuggled into Switzerland at the war's end. But three…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 5.20" wide x 8.00" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Maechler studied history and German literature at the University of Zurich.



Foreword


The Story of Bruno Grosjean


Wilkomirski Tells His Story


The Origins of Fragments


A Global Literary Event


The Plunge into the Abyss--Autobiography or Fake?


Tracking Down the Truth--The Historical Research


The Truth of the Biography


The Truth of the Fiction


Afterword


Epilogue


Notes


Select Bibliography


Permissions Acknowledgments


Fragments