Man Is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag
by Janusz Bardach, Kathleen Gleeson

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Book Review: Touching tale, well written
Summary: 5 Stars

Needless to say, I bought the book, and was not disappointed. As other reviewers have pointed out, this is one of those rare non-fiction pieces that reads like a novel: Indeed, it is the occassional recollection that you're reading a memoir that makes it especially gripping. The story was, of course, unbelievably touching in its harrowing and heroic qualities, and the mis-en-texte, facilitated by Ms. Gleeson, put it in a language that is both unpretentiously personal and deeply insightful.

Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in this tragic period of world history or merely in the human struggle to survive.

Summary of Man Is Wolf to Man: Surviving the Gulag

Ironically, it was a near brush with death that proved to be Bardach's salvation. After surviving an explosion, he was sent to a prison hospital where he managed to talk his way into a job as a medical assistant. There he gained both a new lease on life and a future profession. Released from his sentence early, in 1945, Bardach went on to become a surgeon. His memoir, Man Is Wolf to Man, is more than just an account of his sufferings in a Russian labor camp; it is also a meditation on the will to survive in the face of hopelessness, the occasional kindnesses of strangers in unexpected places, and above all, the struggle to remain human under the most inhumane conditions.

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