And some of your books look seriously interesting. I've read Maus I and II, and I really enjoyed them - I think it's really nice that such important aspects of history can be told through 'alternative' means like comic books.
Thanks. :-) Although I'm really interested in the Holocaust (well, really, I'm interested in the pre-Holocaust Nazi period more than that), the concentration of Holocaust literature is because I took a History of the Holocaust class in our intensive three-week January session. I'd highly recommend Maus (which you've read) and the Hasidic Tales, but I wasn't too enthralled with either of the others. If you're looking for more academic secondary work, I have a few good recommendations on that front, too. :-D
I know that you're interested in studying History, but what's your main field of interest?
Ah, I see! And I'm always interested to hear suggestions, of course!
My area is broadly speaking, Soviet Russia. I'm generally really into the period between the civil war and up until the death of Stalin. I do, however, really enjoy some of the other aspects of communism in Eastern Europe - especially Germany, and I've recently, thanks to a coursework project in school, become intrigued by some of the later Egyptian history (Suez Canal etc) :)
Oh, cool. A really good friend of mine is a Sovietist. It's a secondary field of interest of mine, mostly because of my a) radical politics and b) interest in East Germany.
My secret unattached historical interest is Japan. Any period.
Thanks! I'm not setting out a goal to read x number of books in a year, especially because my post-graduation future is slightly uncertain, but I just want to a) read more and b) keep track of what I read. I'm occasionally mildly obsessive, I guess.
I didn't like it much -- it seemed like generic camp memoir with random bursts of vitriolic anger and occasional weird survivor's guilt. I haven't read much (any?) of his other stuff, though, so it could just be that I don't like his style. It was a pretty quick read, though -- only 200pp, maybe?
Ah, I just googled it, and it turns out I have read it - it was published as If This Is A Man outside the US, and that's the title under which I read it.
I read it maybe ten years or so ago, so I don't remember it that well; the main thing I associate with Primo Levi is an insistence on forgiveness of the perpetrators of the Holocaust, but that may come through more strongly in his other works.
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And some of your books look seriously interesting.
I've read Maus I and II, and I really enjoyed them - I think it's really nice that such important aspects of history can be told through 'alternative' means like comic books.
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I know that you're interested in studying History, but what's your main field of interest?
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And I'm always interested to hear suggestions, of course!
My area is broadly speaking, Soviet Russia.
I'm generally really into the period between the civil war and up until the death of Stalin. I do, however, really enjoy some of the other aspects of communism in Eastern Europe - especially Germany, and I've recently, thanks to a coursework project in school, become intrigued by some of the later Egyptian history (Suez Canal etc) :)
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My secret unattached historical interest is Japan. Any period.
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I read it maybe ten years or so ago, so I don't remember it that well; the main thing I associate with Primo Levi is an insistence on forgiveness of the perpetrators of the Holocaust, but that may come through more strongly in his other works.
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I've been really bad with this LJ account - the other two get more activity....stupid time management stuff...
YAY for graduating soon... :)
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