{"product_id":"the-soul-of-things-3","title":"The Soul of Things","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn exceptional document of an extraordinary life, \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is the memoir of Holocaust survivor Éva Fahidi. Since the memoir was first published in Hungarian in 2004 under the title \u003ci\u003eAnima Rerum\u003c\/i\u003e, Fahidi has become a household name in Hungary and in Germany. Featured in countless interviews and several prize-winning documentary films, at the age of ninety-five she is a frequent speaker at Holocaust commemorations in Hungary, Germany, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Soul of Things\u003c\/i\u003e combines a rare depiction of upper-middle-class Jewish life in pre-war Hungary with the chronicle of a woman’s deportation and survival in the camps. Fahidi is a gifted writer with a unique voice, full of wisdom, humanity, and flashes of dark humour. With an unsentimental, philosophical perspective, she recounts her journey from the Great Hungarian Plain to the extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the forced labour camp of Münchmühle, and back.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe English edition includes a new introduction by historians Éva Kovács and Judith Szapor, the original prefaces to the Hungarian and German editions, an essay on the Münchmüle Camp by Fritz Brinkman-Frisch, and extensive notes providing historical and cultural context for Fahidi’s narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Éva Fahidi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575134847158,"sku":"9781487536268","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781487536268.jpg?v=1730228686","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-soul-of-things-3","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}