Il pugile. La storia vera di Hertzko Haft

I recall this review as I see the story of Harry Haft is the basis of a film, The Survivor, directed by Barry Levinson and featuring an emaciated Ben Foster. Read Sam Quixote's fine review for more about the book, but it is a terrific story, also horrific, in the way of great Holocaust survivor narra Leggi tutto

This black-and-white graphic novel tells the brutal, harrowing, and moving story of Harry Haft. Haft was a Jewish Holocaust survivor, who used everything from his brawn to his acute mind for business to survive the series of harrowing ordeals he had to face, whilst still in his late teens and residi Leggi tutto

World War 2 contained some of the most extraordinary stories in human history. The conflict encompassed so much of our planet and involved so many people that 70 years later it’s possible to still discover new and stunning stories about people from that time. One of those people is Hertzko “Harry” H Leggi tutto

Μετά από ένα χρόνο και βάλε που κυκλοφορεί στα ελληνικά το "Ο μποξέρ", αποφάσισα επιτέλους να το αγοράσω σήμερα και, τελικά, να το διαβάσω. Είναι η τρίτη μου επαφή με το έργο του Reinhard Kleist, μετά το "Κάστρο" που διάβασα το 2011 (κάποια στιγμή πρέπει να το ξαναδιαβάσω) και το "Αβάνα" που διάβασα Leggi tutto

Here in the post-colonial democratic West, bastion of liberty and freedom and justice for all, the human identity is derived by one of three formulae. An American will be a product of either a) the decisions and circumstances of their past, b) the actions and position of the present, or c) the perso Leggi tutto

Outstanding! Bahkan selesai membaca buku ini, dada saya masih berdegup kencang. Gambarnya sederhana tapi tarikannya yang lugas seakan menegaskan kerasnya kehidupan seorang Harry Haft di kamp. Aushwitz yang bertahan hidup karena keahliannya bertinju. A must read!

Selalu asyik membaca buku tentang kisah hidup orang lain. Kali ini kisah tentang seorang petinju yang memulai semuanya dari kamp tahanan. Latar Perang Dunia II membuat memilukan. Grafisnya juga suram tapi apik. Selengkapnya: http://bibliough.blogspot.co.id/2016/...