Till My Tale Is Told

Till My Tale Is Told
Author :
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 378
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0253214769
ISBN-13 : 9780253214768
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Till My Tale Is Told by : Semen Samuilovich Vilenskiĭ

Download or read book Till My Tale Is Told written by Semen Samuilovich Vilenskiĭ and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-13 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How extraordinary it is that compassion and tenderness may flourish in the cruellest conditions; how stubbornly and bravely people survive them. This is not a depressing book but an inspiriting and encouraging one." —Doris Lessing "The sixteen life stories are riveting. . . . testimony to the complexity of the human spirit[,] to miracles of survival and endurance in the most hellish of conditions. . . . Till My Tale Is Told remind[s] us of the importance of remembrance and testimony about this particularly brutal chapter of human history." —The Women's Review of Books Arrest, interrogation, imprisonment, trial and sentencing, transport, labor camps, internal exile, sometimes release, often followed by re-arrest and re-imprisonment and, for those who outlived Stalin, eventual reprieve and rehabilitation these are the outlines of the experiences recorded by 16 courageous Russian women whose moving testimonies, most of them written in secret and at great personal risk, are presented here.


Till My Tale Is Told Related Books

Till My Tale Is Told
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: Semen Samuilovich Vilenskiĭ
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-11-13 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"How extraordinary it is that compassion and tenderness may flourish in the cruellest conditions; how stubbornly and bravely people survive them. This is not a
No One Tells You This
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Glynnis MacNicol
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-07-16 - Publisher: Simon & Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Featured in multiple “must-read” lists, No One Tells You This is “sharp, intimate…A funny, frank, and fearless memoir…and a refreshing view of the pos
A Complete Concordance to Shakespeare
Language: en
Pages: 1915
Authors: John Bartlett
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-17 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A complete concordance or verbal index to words, phrases and passages in the dramatic works of Shakespeare. There is also a supplementary concordance to the poe
Left to Tell
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Immaculee Ilibagiza
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-07 - Publisher: Hay House, Inc

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended int
Things I Should Have Told My Daughter
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Pearl Cleage
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-08 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"An inspiring and revelatory memoir of juggling marriage, motherhood and politics as she worked to become a successful writer and self-fulfilled woman"--Provide