And the Month Was May

A personal epic of scope and sincerity, And The Month Was May traces the life of Lillian Berliner, from her childhood in Hungary, to the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Bergen Belsen, to her eventual liberation and resettlement in New York. Rendering with equal candor the searing cruelty of the camps, and the flourishing of life thereafter, Berliner has produced a memoir that embraces hope even as it looks unflinchingly at horror. Central to the telling is Berliner's voice, springing from the page to evoke the characters, settings, and inner motivations of her life in stunning detail.

It is a story that affirms the resilience and infinite potential of the human spirit.

O epopee personala de amploare si sinceritate, si The Month Was May urmareste viata Lillian Berliner, din copilaria ei din Ungaria, pana in lagarele de concentrare de la Auschwitz si Bergen Belsen, pana la eventuala ei eliberare si reinstalare din New York. Prezentand cu aceeasi candoare cruzimea infricosatoare a taberelor si inflorirea vietii de dupa aceea, Berliner a produs o memorie care imbratiseaza speranta, chiar daca priveste groaznic.