More Nights than Days: A Survey of Writings of Child Genocide Survivors

More Nights Than Days is a unique exploration of the experience of child survivors of the Holocaust, genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia, and armed conflicts. It presents little-known texts, famous memoirs, and autobiographical fiction, with abundant quotations. The author explores what the authors went through and what they felt and understood about their experience, offering valuable lessons about resistance and resilience.

Format: Hardback
Length: 422 pages
Publication date: 31 August 2023
Publisher: Central European University Press

More Nights Than Days is a groundbreaking exploration of the experiences of children who survived the Holocaust, including Roma and Sinti victims, as well as the genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. These children, who are among the primary victims of armed conflicts and slaughters, possess a unique perspective and employ a range of coping techniques that adults lack. This overview of ninety-one child survivors' writings showcases a wide range of human ruthlessness, featuring both well-known memoirs and autobiographical fiction, along with lesser-known texts. The author presents numerous quotations, making these works not only compelling historical testimonies but also poetic and stirringly expressive. Yudit Kiss has not written a historical study or literary criticism of the childrens books, but instead delves into the authors' experiences and their feelings and understanding of their experiences. This accessible and captivating reading provides a close-up, human-sized dimension of the destruction, while the books written by child survivors also describe the resources and means that helped them to remain human even in the deepest well of inhumanity, offering precious lessons about resistance and resilience.

Weight: 754g
Dimension: 159 x 236 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789633866184