But You Did Not Come Back

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title But You Did Not Come Back
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Translated by Sandra Smith
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 130
Category/GenreMemoirs
The Holocaust
ISBN/Barcode 9780571328024
ClassificationsDewey:940.5318092
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Edition Main

Publishing Details

Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publication Date 29 December 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Marceline Loridan-Ivens was just fifteen when she and her father were arrested and sent to concentration camps. He prepared her for the worst, telling her that he would not return. The three kilometres between her father in Auschwitz and herself in Birkenau were an insurmountable distance, and yet he managed to send her a small note via an electrician in the camp - a sign of life. In But You Did Not Come Back, Marceline writes a letter to the father she would never know as an adult, to the man whose death enveloped her whole life. Her testimony is a haunting and challenging reminder of one of the worst crimes humanity has ever seen, and an affecting personal story of a woman whose life was shattered and never totally rebuilt.

Author Biography

Marceline Loridan-Ivens was born in 1928. She has worked as an actress, a screenwriter, and a director. She directed The Birch-Tree Meadow in 2003, starring Anouk Aimee, as well as several documentaries with Joris Ivens. Now 87 years old, she lives in Paris.