Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel

Kuznetsov, Anatoly; Anatoli, A.

ISBN 10: 0374528179 / ISBN 13: 9780374528171

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0374528179I4N00

Synopsis:

An internationally acclaimed documentary novel that describes one of the largest single mass executions of the Holocaust

"Everything in this book is true."

Anatoly Kuznetsov was a twelve-year-old living in Kiev, Ukraine, when the Germans occupied the city in 1941. His age allowed him to escape the notice of Nazi perpetrators and local collaborators as he observed the war crimes committed against Jews, Roma, Ukrainian nationalists, and Soviet prisoners of war. More than 33,700 people lost their lives in a two-day massacre, followed by as many as 66,000 over the next two years.

At fourteen, Kuznetsov began writing about what he had seen, later supplementing his manuscript with survivor and eyewitness testimony, supporting documents, and the efforts of the Soviet government to conceal any trace of the atrocities perpetrated at Babi Yar. The serialized book was published in the USSR only after extensive censorship, but Kuznetsov converted the original full text to film and smuggled it out of Russia when he defected.

Now restored to its original condition, Babi Yar offers a unique, multi-faceted perspective of some of the darkest days of the Holocaust, written by a surviving witness.

About the Author: Anatoly Kuznetsov (1929-1979) was a Soviet writer best known for Babi Yar, a documentary novel that described his experiences as a child in German-occupied Kiev, Ukraine and his observations of the massacres that took place nearby. As an adult, chafing under Soviet censorship, Kuznetsov defected from the Soviet Union and continued to publish under the pseudonym A. Anatoli.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Babi Yar: A Document in the Form of a Novel
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket