The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonat

Description: The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZEA MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, GUARDIAN, THE SPECTATOR, TIME, AND DAILY EXPRESS/DAILY MIRROR BOOK OF THE YEARThrilling Daily MailGripping GuardianHeartwrenching Yuval Noah HarariMagnificent Philip PullmanExcellent Sunday TimesInspiring Daily MailAn immediate classic Antony BeevorAwe-inspiring Simon Sebag MontefioreShattering Simon SchamaUtterly compelling Philippe SandsA must-read Emily MaitlisIndispensable Howard Jacobson April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jews to successfully escape Auschwitz. Evading the thousands of SS men hunting them, Vrba and Wetzler made the perilous journey on foot across Nazi-occupied Poland. Their mission: to reveal to the world the truth of the Holocaust. Vrbas unique testimony would save some 200,000 lives.But he kept on running - from his past, from his home country, his adopted country, even from his own name. Now, at last, Rudolf Vrbas heroism can be known. Author Biography Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist and former foreign correspondent. He was named Columnist of the Year in 2002, Commentator of the Year in 2016 and won an Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2014. He is the presenter of BBC Radio 4s contemporary history series, The Long View, and is a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books. He is the author of 11 books, two of them non-fiction, including his first book, the award-winning Bring Home the Revolution. He has written nine thrillers under the name Sam Bourne, including The Righteous Men which was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide. Review Excellent . . . thrilling . . . Freedlands book is rich in the kind of details that haunt you long after you have turned the last page -- Sunday TimesA brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information - and misinformation -- Yuval Noah HarariA magnificent book. I could scarcely breathe at some points. What a tribute to its extraordinary hero, and its such an important and necessary story to read . . . I cant praise it too highly. What an achievement -- Philip PullmanAn immediate classic of Holocaust literature. Superbly researched and written, it is both a gripping story and deeply moving, I literally could not put it down -- Antony BeevorImmersive, shattering, and, ultimately redemptive . . . An epic of terror and endurance . . . Written with Freedlands page-turning, gripping, hard-edged immediacy, The Escape Artist is profound in thought, boundless in humanity, an immediate modern classic -- Simon SchamaAwe-inspiring, exciting and poignant, this is a thrilling read, a piece of redemptive storytelling and a work of important Holocaust historical research: Freedland has given Rudolf Vrba his rightful place in history - and in the process written a book that I couldnt put down -- Simon Sebag MontefioreThe Escape Artist is marvellous. It is original, meticulous and utterly compelling - and ultimately a deeply tragic tale -- Philippe SandsA must-read stand-out piece of history . . . This is Freedland at his finest . . . It is both a celebration of the extraordinary will, courage and resilience of the hero - Rudi Vrba - and an all too prescient warning of how hard it is to wake up the world to things it would prefer not to see -- Emily MaitlisA work of the highest quality about an astonishing man. It is gripping from start to finish, searingly, shocking, revelatory and deeply moving - the more so because there is no false note, no striving for effect. The research is prodigious and the complexities deftly woven into the narrative . . . A profoundly troubling and important work -- Jonathan DimblebyA masterpiece of page-turning history: an escape story that is also a fearless exploration of some of the most profound questions that face humanity. Rudolf Vrbas extraordinary testimony will deepen your understanding of the Holocaust - and compel you to think afresh about our own times, and the role of truth, denial and fragile memory. Magisterial -- Matthew dAnconaThe story of Vrbas escape from Auschwitz, exquisitely told by Jonathan Freedland, soars like a thriller. Exhilarating, deeply moving and historically important -- Simon ParkinPowerful, important, compelling and superbly told. This is a book that needs to be read -- Bart van Es, bestselling author of The Cut Out GirlAn indispensable, unflinching, bone-hard book. Compelling reading -- Howard JacobsonI read it with my heart beating fast, full of horror, rage, despair - and admiration for this potent demonstration of the stubborn resilience of the human spirit -- Tracy ChevalierBrilliant -- Julia NeubergerMeticulously researched . . . shocking but thrilling, and ultimately overwhelmingly inspiring -- Daily MailAstonishing . . . An indispensable part of Holocaust history . . . Gripping -- GuardianAn utterly gripping narrative, incorporating a restrained though harrowing picture of life in Auschwitz and a kind of heroic adventure story -- ObserverSuch an important piece of history . . . This dramatic, compelling and deeply sensitive account raises issues around courage, agency and the credibility of facts that still resonate today -- Books of the Year, The SpectatorThis really is an extraordinary book -- The Times Long Description THE INSTANT SUNDAY LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEThe Sunday Times BestsellerThrilling Daily Mail Gripping Guardian Heartwrenching Yuval Noah HarariMagnificent Philip PullmanExcellent Sunday TimesInspiring Daily Mail An immediate classic Antony BeevorAwe inspiring Simon Sebag MontefioreShattering Simon SchamaUtterly compelling Philippe SandsA must-read Emily MaitlisIndispensable Howard Jacobson Anne Frank. Primo Levi. Oskar Schindler . . . Rudolf Vrba. In April 1944 nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became the first Jews ever to break out of Auschwitz. Under electrified fences and past armed watchtowers, evading thousands of SS men and slavering dogs, they trekked across marshlands, mountains and rivers to freedom. Vrbas mission: to reveal to the world the truth of the Holocaust.In the death factory of Auschwitz, Vrba had become an eyewitness to almost every chilling stage of the Nazis process of industrialised murder. The more he saw, the more determined he became to warn the Jews of Europe what fate awaited them. A brilliant student of science and mathematics, he committed each detail to memory, risking everything to collect the first data of the Final Solution. After his escape, that information would form a priceless thirty-two-page report that would reach Roosevelt, Churchill and the pope and eventually save over 200,000 lives.But the escape from Auschwitz was not his last. After the war, he kept running - from his past, from his home country, from his adopted country, even from his own name. Few knew of the truly extraordinary deed he had done. Now, at last, Rudolf Vrbas heroism can be known - and he can take his place alongside those whose stories define historys darkest chapter. Review Quote Excellent . . . thrilling . . . Freedlands book is rich in the kind of details that haunt you long after you have turned the last page A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information - and misinformation A magnificent book. I could scarcely breathe at some points. What a tribute to its extraordinary hero, and its such an important and necessary story to read . . . I cant praise it too highly. What an achievement An immediate classic of Holocaust literature. Superbly researched and written, it is both a gripping story and deeply moving, I literally could not put it down Immersive, shattering, and, ultimately redemptive book . . . An epic of terror and endurance . . . Written with Freedlands page-turning, gripping, hard-edged immediacy, The Escape Artist is profound in thought, boundless in humanity, an immediate modern classic Awe inspiring, exciting and poignant, this is a thrilling read, a piece of redemptive storytelling and a work of important Holocaust historical research: Freedland has given Rudolf Vrba his rightful place in history - and in the process written a book that I couldnt put down The Escape Artist is marvellous. It is original, meticulous and utterly compelling - and ultimately a deeply tragic tale A must-read stand out piece of history . . . This is Freedland at his finest . . . It is both a celebration of the extraordinary will, courage and resilience of the hero - Rudi Vrba - and an all too prescient warning of how hard it is to wake up the world to things it would prefer not to see Promotional "Headline" The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust. Details ISBN1529369061 Author Jonathan Freedland Year 2023 ISBN-10 1529369061 ISBN-13 9781529369069 Format Paperback Imprint John Murray Publishers Ltd Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher John Murray Press Subtitle The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World Pages 416 Publication Date 2023-05-25 UK Release Date 2023-05-25 DEWEY 940.5318092 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-04-25 NZ Release Date 2023-04-25 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141993433;

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