At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities COPY WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTING. Translated by Sidney Rosenfeld and Stella P. Rosenfeld.

Améry, Jean, 1912-1978

Published by Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980

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worn dust-jacket with several chips, tears and some wear around edges, with some foxing on reverse, a few lines highlighted in yellow on about 8 pages at start of book, not heavy, small stain on right foredge and 2mm into margin, otherwise still quite good red cloth with light wear. previous owner's name stamp and name and address stamp on front endpaper, a known scholar of Holocaust history. AMÉRY, JEAN. At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities COPY WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTING. Translated by Sidney Rosenfeld and Stella P. Rosenfeld. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980, 1st printing number line starting with 1, xiv, 111pp., . Includes a preface to the 1977 reissue. - At the Mind's Limits is the story of one man's incredible struggle to understand the reality of horror. In five autobiographical essays, Ame ry describes his survival -- mental, moral and physical -- through the enormity of the Holocaust. Above all, this masterful record of introspection tells of a young Viennese intellectual's fervent vision of human nature and the betrayal of that vision. Amery depicts the futile attempts of the intellect to cope with the overwhelming realities of Auschwitz. His torture is perceived as a reduction of self to the purely physical, with an accompanying loss of faith in the world. He struggles to come to terms with exile from his homeland as well as his feelings upon returning to the country of his persecutors. Finally, Amery, once the totally peripheral Jew, explains how complete acceptance of his Jewish identity, as compelled by his experiences in Auschwitz, is the only way in which he can regain human dignity. - CONTENTS: At the mind's limits -- Torture -- How much home does a person need? -- Resentments -- On the necessity and impossibility of being a Jew. 9780253177247 ISBN 0253177243.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and its Realities COPY WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTING. Translated by Sidney Rosenfeld and Stella P. Rosenfeld.
• Publisher: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included