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Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
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Title: Life in Pieces: The Making and Unmaking of Binjamin Wilkomirski
Author: Blake Eskin
ISBN: 9780393048711
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Memoir 1646322
Publisher Description:
In 1997, Binjamin Wilkomirski came to New York to read from his prize-winning Holocaust memoir Fragments, raise money for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and meet his perhaps-relatives, the Wilburs (once Wilkomirskis). The Wilburs -- and the world -- embraced Binjamin as a humanitarian whose eloquent and haunting tale of childhood stood for untold others. A year later, however, Binjamin was publicly accused of being a gentile impostor. He insisted his memories outweighed the documents against him but proclaimed, "Nobody has to believe me."
Author: Blake Eskin
ISBN: 9780393048711
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Published: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good
Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Memoir 1646322
Publisher Description:
In 1997, Binjamin Wilkomirski came to New York to read from his prize-winning Holocaust memoir Fragments, raise money for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and meet his perhaps-relatives, the Wilburs (once Wilkomirskis). The Wilburs -- and the world -- embraced Binjamin as a humanitarian whose eloquent and haunting tale of childhood stood for untold others. A year later, however, Binjamin was publicly accused of being a gentile impostor. He insisted his memories outweighed the documents against him but proclaimed, "Nobody has to believe me."
Wilbur family member Blake Eskin, the first American reporter to write about the questionable authenticity of Fragments, recounts the dispute through riveting reportage and memoir, interviewing Binjamin's acquaintances and visiting Riga in search of actual Wilkomirskis. The reactions of the media, the child-survivor community, and the Wilburs themselves shed light on debates about the reliability of memory, the nature of identity, and the uses and misuses of history.
