This is a brilliant book about the human condition. A world apart the journal of a gulag survivor english and polish edition by herling, gustav and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Gustaw herlings memoir a world apart is among the most powerful accounts of life in the soviet gulag. A world apart the journal of a gulag survivor english and polish edition by gustav herling, gustaw herlinggrudzinski hardcover, 262 pages, published 1986 by arbor house isbn. Mar 23, 2020 inny swiat by gustaw herlinggrudzinski, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Publication date 1951 publisher roy publishers collection universallibrary contributor universal digital library language english.
Elzbieta lempp gustaw herling grudzinski was born in a jewish family. This book goes far beyond a personal account, however. July 4, 2000 was a polish writer, journalist, essayist, world war ii underground fighter, and political dissident abroad during the communist system in poland. Two years later, the first polish edition of the book was released in. First hand account of atrocities, struggle for survival and everyday inhumane existence in soviet gulag. One strength of herlings character was his capacity for reflection, and this helps make a world apartmore than just a litany of suffering. The harrowing memories of gustaw herlinggrudzinski, written in 19491950, were first published in english in 1951. Agnieszka kolakowska gustaw herlings a world apart is one of the most important books about soviet camps and communist ideology in the stalinist period. The book title, a world apart is an allusion to the fyodor dostoyevskys novel, notes from the house of the dead. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski was born in kielce into the. Gustaw herling s a world apart is one of the most important books about soviet camps and communist ideology in the stalinist period, but it was relatively unknown till solzhenitsyns the gulag. Gustaw herling, polish exile who wrote of life and death. Wspomnienia gustawa herlinga grudzinskiego z sowieckiego lagru w jerce. Jul 07, 2000 gustaw herling grudzinski, a gulag survivor and prominent polish emigre writer who criticized the soviet system, has died in italy, the polish embassy in rome said.
It was translated into english by joseph marek penname of andrzej ciolkosz and published with an introduction by bertrand russell in 1951 the 2005 edition was introduced by anne applebaum. Gustaw herling grudzinski was a polish writer and soldier. In his preface to the first edition of gustaw herlings a world apart, the philosopher bertrand russell offers high praise for the book. Jul 04, 2019 a world apart book wikipedia the book was initially greeted well in england, with a foreword written by bertrand russell but had to wait until for its publication in france. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski was a polish writer and soldier. A searing, personal literary account of life in a soviet prison camp in 1940, gustaw herling was arrested after he joined an underground polish army that fell into russian hands. First published in english in 1951 and translated into many. The publication of gustaw herlinggrudzinskis work was supported by the book institute as part of the poland translation programme. A world apart could be described as a hybrid of one day in the life of ivan denisovich and the gulag archipelago. Inny swiat by gustaw herlinggrudzinski, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski, who died of a cerebral haemorrhage on july 4th aged 81, was one of europes greatest contemporary writers, but is best known for a world apart, one of the most dramatic. The journal of a gulag survivor is a memoir written by gustaw herlinggrudzinski, combining various literary genres. A world apart herlinggrudzinskis most famous book, a world apart, is a harrowing personal account of the nature of the soviet communist system. Apr 16, 20 in the years 194042 he was first in prison and then in a forced labour camp near archangel.
This author paints an honest and clear picture of his time in a. The sound of trees falling in the arctic takes a long time to travel, and thus it may be understandable that one of the greatest of the soviet prisoncamp memoirs, gustav herlings a world apart, 1 should have been published in the united states only last year, over four decades after the experiences it describes took place. He left russia together with anderss army and fought in the battle of monte cassino. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Herlinggrudzinski, gustaw united architects essays. Aug 30, 2019 inny swiat gustaw herling grudzinski on free shipping on qualifying offers. The book is beautifully written and completely unsentimental. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski was born in kielce in 1919, as gecel herling. Houses of the dead fernanda eberstadt, commentary magazine. Two years later, the first polish edition of the book was released in london. Imprisonment in a soviet labor camp during world war ii 9780140251845. If there is a work that this book should be compared to it is fyodor dostoyevskys notes from the underground. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The line between a victim and torturer is so vague for instance, of the12, poles hegling to kolyma only about survived.
A world apart by gustaw herlinggrudzinski became essential reading in. Jan 11, 2020 view all subjects more like this similar items. My aim was to show that ww2 is still alive as there are still people who can remember it, though it is defined as history. World apart by gustaw herlinggrudzinski fully deserves to be recognized as one of the most indepth, original analysis of the nature of the soviet system and beyond and is a genuine masterpiece of the literature of the xx century. May 29, 2019 inny swiat by gustaw herlinggrudzinski, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Herlings book takes its title from a phrase in fyodor dostoevsky. After reading innny book the reader will come to a new realization as to just how far evil can be taken in the name of loyalty to the fatherland. Gustaw herling, polish exile who wrote of life and death in. Gustaw herlings a world apart is the most impressive and the best written. This author paints an honest and clear picture of his time in a russian labour camp. It was first published in 1951 in london in the english translation by andrzej ciolkosz. But here, too, the difference between these accounts and herlings book becomes immediately apparent. A world apartthe journal of a gulag survivor english and polish edition by herling, gustav and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
A redesign of a book a world apart by gustav herling grudzinski. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski compare discount book prices. An epigraph to grudzinskis book quotes dostoyevsky. Buy a world apart by herlinggrudzinski, gustaw isbn. This gave him the opportunity to write about his time in the work camps. He came from a family with judaic traditions, but never flaunted his jewishness. The bulk of the book relates what he saw and suffered in the camp. Of the many books that i have read relating the experiences of victims in soviet prisons and labor camps, mr. A world apart is a comprehensive account of a prisoner who managed to survive a year and a half of imprisonment in a brutal labour camp in yercevo. He is best known for writing a personal account of life in the soviet gulag entitled a world apart, first published in 1951 in london. Thanks to a deal between the polish government and the russians herling was grufziski released, unlike his russian mates. A world apart the journal of a gulag survivor english and polish edition by gustav herling, gustaw herling grudzinski hardcover, 262 pages, published 1986 by arbor house isbn. He has published insightful essays on the works of kafka, camus, dostoevskii, pasternak, bulgakov, solzhenitsyn, isaac babel, simone weil, joseph conrad, graham greene, and giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa.
The book ends with letters from eminent communists saying that no such camps exist. He exposed the inner world of the gulag the irish times. A world apart is an informative, descriptive and often harrowing account of life inside a soviet. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Showing 20 sep by gustaw herlinggrudzinski and bill johnston inny swiat. Gustaw herling s a world apart is the most impressive and the best written. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski, polishborn writer born may 20, 1919, kielce, pol. Pdf gustaw herlinggrudzinski and the blood libel legend. The journal of a gulag survivor hardcover new york arbor house 1986 near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Grudzinski respected judaism and jewishness, he definitely stigmatized antisemitism, but he chose polishness polish literature, polish culture and history. A world apart by gustav herling, anne applebaum, gustaw herlinggrudzinski, anne applebaum paperback, 288 pages, published 2005 by penguin classics isbn. Gustaw herling grudzinski, writer, born may 20 1919.
It also describes the dire situation in poland, a country caught as in a vice between two brutal totalitarian regimes. His dramatic experience was described in herlinggrudzinskis most famous book, a world apart. In a world apart herling describes his imprisonment in a soviet gulag and his excruciating experience in a forced labor camp between the years 19401941. First published in english in 1951 and translated into many languages, it was relatively unknown till solzhenitsyns the gulag archipelago in the 1970s. In his preface to the first edition of gustaw herling s a world apart, the philosopher bertrand russell offers high praise for the book. Gustaw herling s a world apart is one of the most important books about soviet camps and communist ideology in the stalinist period.
Gustaw herling grudzinski, who died of a cerebral haemorrhage on july 4th aged 81, was one of europes greatest contemporary writers, but is best known for a world apart, one of the most dramatic. Since 1946 he has been a member of the polish socialist party pps, which he abandoned in 1960. A world apart is reminiscent of a day in the life of ivan denisovitch. Jul 07, 2000 gustaw herlinggrudzinski, writer, born may 20 1919.
In addition, a number of elements of the plot are associated with the house of the dead. Jan 12, 2020 after reading innny book the reader will come to a new realization as to just how far evil can be taken in the name of loyalty to the fatherland. He was sent to a northern russian labor camp, where he spent the two most terrible years of his life. Herlinggrudzinski is a real devourer and masticator of books, as jerzy paszek 1992 describes him. The material for his reflections are significant examples from literature, history, art, and contemporary. New directions publishing gustaw herlinggrudzinski.
Magi paperback, 286 pages, published 2007 by feltrinelli isbn. Apr 16, 2020 a world apart is an informative, descriptive and often harrowing account of life inside a soviet prison camp during the early s. Herling, gustaw, ciolkosz, andrzej, russell, bertrand. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski, who has died of a cerebral haemorrhage. Gustaw herlinggrudzinski and the blood libel, or is being a jewish writer compulsorythe article concerns gustaw herlinggrudzinskis medieval stories which explore the theme of blood libel. Here there is a world apart, unlike everything else, with laws of its own, its own manners and customs, and here in the house of the living dead life as nowhere else and a. One strength of herling s character was his capacity for reflection, and this helps make a world apart more than just a litany of suffering. A world apart, by gustaw herlinggrudzinski, 9780837175812, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
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