Synopsis
The story of a faked Holocaust memoir by Binjamin Wilkomirski, author of the award-winning Fragments, is exposed by the author, who tracks down the real survivor family that was impersonated in the hoax.
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"A riveting account of the already amazing story of Wilkomirski. Eloquent and insightful."
"This is an extraordinary book.... Blake Eskin has used this event to uncover aspects of history and the human mind and spirit which have perplexed most people for years."
"An important contribution to Holocaust literature as well as to studies of psychological and cultural trauma."
"A fascinating portrait.... [Eskin] offers a convincing explanation of why people were so eager to be deluded."
"This is an extraordinary book....Blake Eskin has used this event to uncover aspects of history and the human mind and spirit which have perplexed most people for years."
"A fascinating portrait....[Eskin] offers a convincing explanation of why people were so eager to be deluded."
About the Author
Blake Eskin has written for The New Yorker, the Forward, and other publications. He lives in New York City.
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A Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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A Life in Pieces : The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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A Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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A Life in Pieces : The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. In 1997, Binjamin Wilkomirski arrived in New York to read from his prize-winning book Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood, his memoir of an early childhood lost to the concentration camps at Majdanek and Auschwitz, and to raise money for the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. This orphaned survivor also came as the guest of honor to the family reunion of the Wilburs (once Wilkomirskis). The Wilburs hoped to trace the unrecorded link between the Wilkomirskis of Riga in Latvia and the name that Binjamin remembered. The Wilburs and the media embraced Binjamin as a humanitarian whose eloquent story typified that of many child survivors. One year later, however, Binjamin was publicly accused of being a gentile imposter: on August 27, 1998, a German novelist named Daniel Ganzfried announced to the world that he had uncovered documentary evidence proving that Fragments was an elaborate fiction. Yet Binjamin still insisted his wartime memories carried more weight than the documents against him, proclaiming, "Nobody has to believe me." Those who continued to believe Binjamin included child survivors, psychotherapists, and his publishers. Who was Binjamin Wilkomirski? Why would someone want to be him? And why would so many of us want to believe him? Wilbur family member Blake Eskin recounts the dispute over Binjamin's authenticity through reportage, interviews with Binjamin's acquaintances, and a visit to Riga in search of actual Wilkomirski relatives. In his absorbing narrative Eskin records the reactions of the media, the child-survivor community, and the Wilburs themselves to reveal larger disagreements over the reliability of memory, the value of testimony, and the individual's relationship to history. Part biography, part mystery, and part memoir, Eskin's A Life in Pieces is an important and lasting contribution to the literature of the Holocaust. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Former library book. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library. Seller Inventory # 123811638
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A Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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A Life in Pieces; The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First. Illus. 8vo, blue boards, d.w. New York: Norton, (2002). Very good Author investigates the accusations that Binjamin Wilkomirksi was not a Jewish holocaust survivor, but was a Swiss gentile imposter. Seller Inventory # 275759
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A Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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A Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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ISBN 13: 9780393048711
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 251 pp. Spine bumped. Jacket has edgewear. The account of a swiss Chriatian who passed himself off as a Jewish Holocaust survivor. Wirkomirski wirte a prize winning book - Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Child, supposedly an account of his childhood in the camps of Majdanek and Auschwitz, a work that was revealed to be a fabrication. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # BIO1331
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A Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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