Literature or Life
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Literature or Life is a memoir by Jorge Semprún reflecting on his experiences as a Nazi concentration camp survivor and the complex relationship between writing and memory.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Literature or Life canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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memoir ⓘ |
| about |
Nazi persecution
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Spanish Republican resistance ⓘ bearing witness ⓘ concentration camp survival ⓘ exile ⓘ psychological impact of the camps ⓘ relationship between history and literature ⓘ silence and testimony ⓘ |
| author | Jorge Semprún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
ethics of representation
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identity ⓘ limits of language ⓘ memory and forgetting ⓘ political commitment ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Jorge Semprún's deportation
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Jorge Semprún's imprisonment in Buchenwald ⓘ the difficulty of recounting camp experiences ⓘ the tension between living and writing about trauma ⓘ |
| genre |
Holocaust literature
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autobiographical literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeLocation |
Buchenwald concentration camp
NERFINISHED
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France NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
philosophical reflection on memory
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politically engaged intellectual ⓘ survivor's perspective ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | Jorge Semprún NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
first-person narrative
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar European literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Buchenwald concentration camp
NERFINISHED
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Nazi concentration camps NERFINISHED ⓘ memory ⓘ postwar life ⓘ survival ⓘ testimony ⓘ trauma ⓘ writing ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L'Écriture ou la vie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
Second World War
NERFINISHED
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post-World War II Europe ⓘ |
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