Lantos, Peter

Parallel Lines

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ISBN 13:: 9781905147571
author:: Lantos, Peter
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Arcadia
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2014
Pages:: 260
Dimensions:: 21.2 x 13.8 x 2.4 cm
Genre:: Autobiography: General
Condition:: New
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This is a story of a young boy's journey from a sleepy provincial town in Hungary during the Second World War to the concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen. After a winter in Bergen-Belsen where his father died, he and his mother were liberated by the Americans outside a small German village, and handed over to the Red Army. They escaped from the Russians, and travelled, hiding on a goods train, through Prague to Budapest.

Unlike other books dealing with this period, this is not a Holocaust story, but a child's recollection of a journey full of surprise, excitement, bereavement and terror. The author's account is a testament of survival, overcoming obstacles which to adults may seem insurmountable but to a child were just part of an adventure and, ultimately, recovery.

With an introduction by Lisa Appignanesi, this book offers a unique perspective on the Second World War, one that is both deeply personal and universally relatable. The author's decision to revisit the stages of his earlier journeys, reliving the past through the perspective of the present, adds a layer of depth and complexity to this already powerful story.

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