Jerzy Feliks Urman; Sophie Urman; Izydor Urman; Anthony Rudolf (Ed); Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Trans)
Jerzyk: Diaries, Texts, and Testimonies of the Urman Family
Bristol, Shearsman Books, 2016. First edition. Paperback. A collection of diaries and testimonies of the Urman family, who lived in Poland during the events of World War II, signed by the editor to Michael Berkeley, the English compose and House of Lords member. First Edition Thus.Signed by the editor to the title page, which reads 'Michael Berkeley- For Jersyk. Anthony Rudolf&apos. Michael Berkeley is an English composer, music broadcaster, and House of Lords member. Illustrated with twenty-eight full-page and in-text black-and-white illustrations. This is an important work which contains several accounts of the same events experienced by the Urman family in World War II. Contents are broken down into three parts, titled 'I'm Not Even a Grown-Up', 'May the Blood' and 'The Aktion Is Over&apos. The first part of this work contains the diary and diary fragments of Jerzy Feliks Urman, relating back the events leading up to his tragic suicide at the age of eleven, when he thought that the Germans had come to take him away. This is followed by the diary of Sophie Urman, and ends with Izydor Urman. Edited by Anthony Rudolf, an autobiographer, poet, and literary critic. His works include 'Silent Conversations: A Reader's Life' and 'The Arithmetic of Memory&apos. Translated into English by Antonia Lloyd-Jones. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Externally, excellent, with no noticeable faults. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. With an ink inscription to the title page. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .
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Keywords: Jerzyk: Diaries, Texts, and Testimonies of the Urman Family World War Two Literary criticism diaries World War Two Anthony Rudolf Michael Berkeley Various