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1947
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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1947 är en bok som i den personliga krönikans form vill pejla inte bara ett givet års händelser, utan också hur de processer som sätts igång och är i rörelse då i högsta grad är aktuella i vår egen tid: Palestinafrågan, deklarationen om de mänskliga rättigheterna, begreppet folkmord, feminismen och minnet av Förintelsen.
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charl08
1947: Where Now Begins | Elisabeth Easbrink

The publication of Primo Levi's book- the description of his year as a slave labourer for IG Farben in Monowitz, Auschwitz - is going to become a reality.

On 11 October, it comes out in a print run of 2500. Cheap paper, no advertising campaign to speak of, but at least it is there. Turin's middle classes show some interest; the odd review is written. And that is that. Nothing more. The book vanishes. The testimony remains unheard.

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charl08
1947: Where Now Begins | Elisabeth Easbrink
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'My presence is a borrowed presence. There is no room for me on these pavements. This world, where I have made a surprising appearance, has not been waiting for me. It was complete without me-it is complete without me. It is a world where I am not, and I grasp it in my own absence.'
(Simone de Beauvoir in Chicago)

Photo of Chicago via Reddit.

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Shadowfat
1947: Where Now Begins | Elisabeth Easbrink
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12/63
I didn't entirely love how this book was set up, but it grew on me by the end. The book is divided by month, and there are passages from different cities/regions about what was happening during the time. It followed a couple stories throughout like the Nuremburg trials and the conflict with Palestine. All in all in interesting look at an important year in history.

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Dilara
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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Just started “1947: when now begins“. I thought it would be standard non-fiction - dry and matter-of-fact - but it's quite chatty and the prose is on the flowery side.
#Europe #WWII #history

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mcctrish
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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Pickpick

This book 🤯I don‘t usually read non-fiction, maybe one or two a year probably because I like to escape into my books. This book is not an escape. It is written beautifully, one reviewer says it‘s poetic and I agree, it‘s a joy to read but oh my god the content. It‘s basically a day in the life over a year of a bunch of key people or players in our ‘now‘ for a variety of reasons, good and bad. It‘s heartbreaking and dumbfounding and awesome.

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mcctrish
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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We don‘t really learn from our mistakes. We still hate strangers. It‘s heart breaking

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mcctrish
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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I don‘t often read non-fiction but here we go

Megabooks Great you‘re doing it in November. I hope you enjoy it! 5y
mcctrish @Megabooks I saved it from my summer birthday haul for now. I am enjoying it, the translation can get a bet wonky at times with repetitive phrasing, but there really is sooooo much I don‘t think I really knew or maybe fully grasped as a high school or uni student. My heart is hurting 5y
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Lindy
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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Bailedbailed

Based on the first 2 chapters, January & February, this is excellent, written in layers of brief descriptions of what was happening in the western world directly after WW2. ie 10,000 women lost their jobs at London Transport to make room for men. Decisions & actions by individuals directly affected our future. I only bailed because I‘m not in a frame of mind to read about refugees & Palestine & people aiding Nazis. I hope to return to this later.

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Asaja
1947 | Elisabeth Åsbrink
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Mehso-so

Började med denna av Augustprisnomineringarna. Jag kan inte riktigt bestämma mig. Otroligt lärorikt och skrivet på ett sätt som var lättläst, men trots all skit 1947 så berörde den mig inte riktigt. Och den stannar inte riktigt kvar hos nig heller. Men otroligt snygg framsida!