About this title: (SPECIFIC COPY PER PUBLISHER)Martin Gray's memoir, first read by over 30 million, tells of a Jewish boy, age 14, trapped in the Warsaw Ghetto, later escaping Treblinka to become, at 19, an officer in the Red Army. At 35 he built a new life--only to have everything taken from him again. This cautionary tale of the rise of evil in our world includes a new Foreword by William Forstchen. 80 photos.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780316325769ISBN:0316325767
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780316325769ISBN:0316325767
Description: Good in Good jacket. 299-Y-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13:9780316325769ISBN:0316325767
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780316325769ISBN:0316325767
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout, binding is good. Cover is scuffed. Text in English. 351 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1984-11
ISBN-13:9780316325769ISBN:0316325767
Description: Very Good. No names, no marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. DJ shows some wear and tear. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780316325769ISBN:0316325767
Description: Fine in very good dust jacket. shelving wear on dust jacket book is perfect. Text in French, English. 351 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"A book about a man who not only survives Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, but also later devastations in France and America. The overriding theme of Martin Gray's For Those I Loved is that one cannot overcome the monsters in one's life by becoming a monster himself."
"This book is certainly an action-packed thrill ride; it seems almost like a shoot-em-up movie. If you believe everything Martin says, the man is a superhero. The fact that he's found a way to live after having lost his entire family TWICE shows that he is quite an extraordinary man.
However, I'm not sure I buy his story. I'm not saying he is deliberately lying or that the events he described didn't happen (though many people do call him a liar), but I am unsure of his perspective. Martin portrays himself as an almost supernaturally intelligent, streetwise, tough and clever young man, and claims to have become a major smuggler (rather like a gangster) in the Warsaw ghetto when he was only about sixteen. He recounts story after story where he got into a bad situation and pulled himself out using only his own resources. In the book's afterword he drops a lot of names, pointing out he was close personal friends with Pablo Picasso, etc. It doesn't seem real to me, and I don't think Martin properly credits the role sheer dumb luck played in his survival.
Other than Martin himself and perhaps his father, none of the characters in the story have any dimension. Martin writes again and again about how he had to survive the war and avenge his dead mother and brothers, but these people are shadows. He says almost nothing about them, not even their names or ages. I'm not even sure how many brothers he had. I think two, but possibly more. Martin was also attempting to tell his story in the honor of his dead first wife and four children, but again, the reader doesn't really know any of them.
This is not to say I don't recommend this book. I do. I would especially recommend it for "reluctant readers" who find books boring; this book is anything but dull. I just have reservations, that's all."
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