Writers at Risk
- Description
- This list is meant as a help for the theme "Writers at risk", Reading Globally, 2nd quarter 2016. I will add the link to the thread after I create it.
1
de Anne Frank
28,283 membres
513 critiques
4.1
Score 6
Ajouté 2016-02-25, 03:59 AM
- 6 Members
- dara85, streamsong, FlorenceArt, gypsysmom, ahef1963, steller0707
2
12,925 membres
201 critiques
4
Score 6
Ajouté 2016-02-25, 04:13 AM
3
- 6 Members
- streamsong, charl08, FlorenceArt, ahef1963, rileyhuff, steller0707
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: Memoir of the revolution in Iran, then exile to Europe.
4
- 4 Members
- dara85, streamsong, Dilara86, ahef1963
- Explications
- Dilara86: Holocaust memoirs
5
4,860 membres
62 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 4
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 09:23 AM
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7
9,243 membres
119 critiques
4
Score 3
Ajouté 2016-02-25, 04:06 AM
- 3 Members
- FlorenceArt, Dilara86, rileyhuff
- Explications
- Dilara86: slavery
8
1,046 membres
36 critiques
3.9
Score 3
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 04:42 PM
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10
11
345 membres
10 critiques
3.8
Score 3
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 04:44 PM
12
222 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 3
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 03:29 PM
13
- 2 Members
- FlorenceArt, gypsysmom
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: A memoir of McCourt's childhood in Ireland and escape to America.
14
15,692 membres
313 critiques
4.2
Score 2
Ajouté 2016-03-24, 05:28 PM
- 2 Members
- streamsong, steller0707
15
10,113 membres
144 critiques
½ 4.4
Score 2
Ajouté 2016-05-08, 07:11 PM
16
8,691 membres
257 critiques
½ 4.5
Score 2
Ajouté 2016-02-25, 03:55 AM
- 2 Members
- streamsong, FlorenceArt
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: A second-hand account of the life of Spiegelman's father, a Polish Jew, as he was persecuted and later sent to Auschwitz.
17
- 2 Members
- thorold, FlorenceArt
- Explications
- thorold: Italian-Jewish chemist tries to make sense of his experience of Auschwitz
18
3,988 membres
114 critiques
4.2
Score 2
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 03:26 PM
20
de Loung Ung
2,183 membres
59 critiques
4.1
Score 2
Ajouté 2016-03-24, 05:25 PM
- 2 Members
- dara85, streamsong
21
22
1,164 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.6
Score 2
Ajouté 2016-02-25, 04:05 AM
- 2 Members
- FlorenceArt, Dilara86
- Explications
- Dilara86: slavery
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27
- 2 Members
- rebeccanyc, charl08
- Explications
- rebeccanyc: Escaped from the Nazis only to be imprisoned for his work in the Free Hungary movement.
28
7,942 membres
76 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-17, 04:44 AM
- Member
- FlorenceArt
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: I'm including this book, which is the sequel to Angela's Ashes, because it belongs to the theme more than the first, although I understand it's not as good (I haven't read it).
31
3,033 membres
34 critiques
3.9
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-10, 10:15 AM
- Member
- FlorenceArt
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: A fictionalized account of the author's time in a Siberian prison camp.
32
de Carlo Levi
1,983 membres
42 critiques
4
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:00 AM
34
1,850 membres
65 critiques
4.2
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 04:09 PM
35
1,590 membres
35 critiques
4.2
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 04:41 PM
38
- Member
- streamsong
39
de Waris Dirie
1,373 membres
34 critiques
3.8
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 04:00 PM
40
1,161 membres
1 critique
4.1
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-21, 04:12 PM
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42
43
44
794 membres
28 critiques
3.8
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 09:28 AM
46
- Member
- spiphany
48
de Latifa
640 membres
21 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 03:52 PM
50
51
52
- Member
- FlorenceArt
56
de Victor Serge
448 membres
7 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 02:50 PM
- Member
- rebeccanyc
- Explications
- rebeccanyc: Born in exile, died in exile, jailed twice by the French and once by the Soviets.
57
- Member
- rebeccanyc
- Explications
- rebeccanyc: Written back and forth on sheets of paper when Fallada was imprisoned in a Nazi mental hospital for the criminally insane.
58
de Mary Prince
386 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-21, 02:04 PM
59
de Klaus Mann
286 membres
8 critiques
4
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:35 AM
60
286 membres
15 critiques
3.8
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-21, 04:28 PM
- Member
- SassyLassy
- Explications
- SassyLassy: Two writers living in exile
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64
de Christa Wolf
201 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.7
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:43 AM
65
194 membres
6 critiques
3.2
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 04:43 PM
66
190 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.6
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-10, 10:17 AM
- Member
- FlorenceArt
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: Memoir of the author's life as a Polish Jew persecuted both by the nazis and soviets.
67
de Ovid
170 membres
2 critiques
3.9
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-20, 11:41 AM
68
168 membres
4 critiques
3.8
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-21, 04:13 PM
69
de Magda Denes
151 membres
3 critiques
3.9
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-02-25, 03:57 AM
- Member
- FlorenceArt
- Explications
- FlorenceArt: Memoir of a child and her family trying to survive in occupied Hungary.
73
- Member
- spiphany
74
76
77
73 membres
½ 3.5
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:09 AM
78
69 membres
½ 3.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 09:33 AM
79
81
55 membres
3.8
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 03:43 PM
- Member
- SassyLassy
- Explications
- SassyLassy: Written by Bukharin while he was in prison before his execution under Stalin
82
53 membres
½ 3.5
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-31, 11:31 AM
83
- Member
- spiphany
- Explications
- spiphany: Heym fled Nazi Germany to the US, where he fought with the Americans in WWII. Left the US in the 1950s because of his communist politics, emigrated to East Germany, where he was initially welcomed, but later banned from publishing due to his criticism of the government.
84
de Paul Celan
45 membres
3.8
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:05 AM
85
38 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-31, 11:26 AM
86
de Hugh Lewin
34 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-21, 03:34 PM
87
31 membres
1 critique
4
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-21, 03:43 PM
88
89
91
14 membres
1 critique
½ 3.3
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:37 AM
92
93
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de Odette Keun
3 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 1
Ajouté 2016-03-18, 08:02 AM
96
6,124 membres
59 critiques
3.9
Score 0
Ajouté 2016-03-20, 12:28 PM
97
1,249 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.5
Score 0
Ajouté 2016-03-20, 01:16 PM
98
1,058 membres
20 critiques
½ 4.3
Score 0
Ajouté 2016-04-02, 01:01 PM
99
761 membres
15 critiques
4.1
Score 0
Ajouté 2016-03-20, 01:00 PM