Reviews for The inhuman land

The average rating for The inhuman land based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-27 00:00:00 Katie Waldron CRITICISM at Earth INHUMANE of Józef Czapski dedicated to Malgorzata Wolczyck, Beata, Jaroslaw Szymanski, Bozena Boroniecka, Magda Kossakowska, Agnieszka, Agnieszka Krawczykowska Maciej Nowicki, the journalist of Religion in freedom Pablo J.Gines, the weekly Digital Religion in freedom and all Polish friends ms Goodreads. Ladies and gentlemen Said so starts with criticism of the book of Józef Czapski. My Polish friend Malgorzata Wolczyck gave this book me. All those who know me know one thing from me, and that my two favourite countries are Poland, and Japan. In Poland I love their history, their religiosity, the kindness of its people, and as I already told you I am a bad Catholic, like King Solomon and Passepoil porquwe (to meet this nice character to read "The hunchback" of Paul Féval ) The book in question keep it long time in cabinets, that my mother with admirable compression left me to store books, and I had so much time saved. If users don't know one of my favorite movies is the "The silver chalice" starring Paul Newman (although renegará it), Nalie Wood, Silvia Mayo and the great Jack Palance doing Simon the magician. Of course I liked it more than Thomas Costain in the film Simon Magus novel proposes Nero to face San Peter, found me a sublime the idea in this case. The reading of this book came because the journalist and writer Pablo J. Ginés Rodríguez (which Russian spouse has a beautiful) and whose book "Conversos seekers of God" I recommend said, it would read "Pavilion of Cancer" of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn then my friend Malgorzata Wolczyck put his trump card, and said that the book's "Inhuman land" and another writer whose name I do not remember said, that they were better than Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. At first this seemed a robe of David against Goliath Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn seemed to have it all in favor. In fact, it is the moral conscience of the West against capitalism, and communism, Nobel Prize, and a fervent Orthodox Christian. It was impossible, that this unknown Czapski. . At least for those who are not Polish I could compete with him. Many years ago a magazine called box office asked me to write articles with my father. Unfortunately the magazine went bankrupt. I could not post my article of Doraemon cat robot of the future . Before the bankruptcy, many projects had in mind one of them was to write an article confronting Fyodor Dostoyevski Before the bankruptcy, many projects had in mind one of them was to write an article confronting Fyodor Dostoyevski with the prize Nobel Henryk Sienkiewicz this idea was not original as a play Sigmund Freud pitted against C.S. Lewis called the session end of Tamzin Townsend an experiment like took it place Armand. M. Nicholi in his book "The question of God" in this duel seemed that Sigmund Freud was going to eat to C.S. Lewis, but was otherwise Milton Walsh did the same in his unpublished e interesting book unfortunately not translated to the Spanish "Second Friends: C.S. Lewis and Ronald Knox in Conversation" in this case the Almighty C.S. Lewis faced someone more formidable, although less media than the Viennese psychiatrist we refer to the great Ronald A. Knox . In fact, Milton Walsh not facing Ronald A. Knox with C.S. Lewis, who, in their lives, only lost a debate with the Catholic Elisabeth Anscombe (follower of the theses of Wittgestein) although I'm a judge very partial given my love for Poland in this duel between Czapski and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I must confess that I have friends on both sides, because we've confessed that Pablo J. Gines is married to a Russian woman, but my beloved Juan Manuel de Prada is a lover of Russia especially of Dostoyevsky and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. This book is divided into three parts part Józef Czapski, who was one of the few survivors, which was captured by the Red Army when in virtue of the disgusting and shameful pact Molotov - Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union with treachery and malignancy is partitioned Poland. In the first part Czapski talks about much of their Polish partners of presidio (the crime was that it was to crush the most lucid of Polish intellectuals both nazis and poles), and this is not a conspiracy to save neocon backs to liberalism Western. Everyone knows, that I despise liberalism as well as to the communism - socialism, fascism, and Nazism (can read the wonderful novel by C.V. Georghiu ) The truth is that although you philias and phobias the atrocities of the Red Army were a crime. Already would have been unacceptable to they have died normal people, but over educated people, died and intelligent. Doctors, politicians and generals as Soltan who read the Polish trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz and explains military tactics, and the why they lost to nazis and Soviets? Speaking of another colleague who wants to create a Confederation, of a very brave priest. In short, Józef Capski makes a tender and loving portrait of his compatriots, and friends of imprisonment of those who will never see, and flower and Polish society. That attempted to crush the nazis and Soviets. This is the first of the three structures. As the book as the Spanish publishing house Cliff has divided it is divided into three parts. In the second part we see that the Czapski artist who will be one of the surviving 400 15000 prison officers is recruited by general Anders (that in turn as it explains Czapski will investigate the events of Katyn) and since the Soviet Union was invaded by Germany this it has broken his pact with Hitler, and it has reached an agreement a priori with their former enemies. This part is without a doubt the most interesting, and it is the bulk of the work of Czapski. Here it is not only of the whereabouts of the Polish prisoners captured by the Russians. It is the most perfect denunciation of Soviet totalitarianism, which became such tyranny, which became confined to the Russians in prisons. Through the testimony of Czapski we see as Stalin had not controlled the situation, and that if it had not been for the brutality of Hitler the Russians would have received to the Germans as heroes. We see interesting biographies of certain people, who appear in this book. One of the testimonies that impacted me most of this book was the murder of two Jewish Democrats, and crimes, West allowed the Soviets to win the world war We see how Stalin speaks good words, but at the same time boycotts the attempt to create a Polish Army, as he filled it with bandits, or tries to infiltrate Soviet agents. Remember, when poles rose up in 1944 against the Germans, Stalin let the Germans to kill the members of the resistance, so for more easily subdue the poles. Of having intervened, could have saved a cruel suffering to Poland. There are other impressive moments as Soviet generals Zhukov and others go on a strategy Kafkiana to Czapski from one side to another. Much of what is proposed Czapski are speculations, because you can not be sure that has been their companions if they died in the Arctic, or Zembla and the island of Francisco José. The conclusion is reached that is Nemiadkin, and Stalin if they knew the fate of the Polish prisoners. There are very interesting portraits of Sikorski, most critical with Ylya Ehrenburg changing the comrade count, whose story I told my friend Alfonseca get something better standing Aleksei Tolstoy Nykolayevich who was the favorite writer of the regime, and the richest. There are also some detail of the poor Ana Ajmatova and its ambiguous situation with the Soviet regime, saved because a poem like Stalin, and then condemned to ostracism with brutality. There are portraits and fascinating portrayals as Rozanov. To who likes literature, and Russian art, and Polish I recommend no doubt this book. In fact, this book is very complete from a point of view, historical, political, artistic, and religious is undoubtedly a gem, and a classic of 20th century. Not only are the crimes of communism, also those perpetrated in Tsarist times by Catherine II, that the only thing that resembles Semiramis is in its insatiable lust. The deportation of Poles was brutal, and the cause of his death, because they refused to be happy and wanted to flee Russia-(.) We see Czapski will bringing together the army, and speaks of his anecdotes, and his companions. Of all the problems that put them out. The attitude of communism with islam which use to weaken the Tsar, to create nationalism, who then fought. The same strategy, which is being used in my country, by the way (which left power and is an ally of pro-independence peripheral nationalisms, and empowers al-Islam against the Catholic religion which attacks in a merciless manner) Refers to the repression of the Kirziguises. It is very interesting the longer Iranian side, when Polish soldiers with Czapski leave and his convalescence in a hospital, as well as their healing the semblance of Lubomirski, and history of the sick children. There is a very nice story of an Assyrian Christian.The last part is devoted to clarify the crime of Katyn, dismantling the strategy of Goebbels, but accusing those responsible, also condemns the Machiavellianism of England, who wants to ignore these crimes, but Czapski provides evidence that they indicate clearly who are the culprits. In short, a magnificent book is a true work of art, no doubt has a defect, but I am unable to find any, because it is vast, and full-featured. No doubt this book is the great favorite to win in the category of non-fiction. It is the best book to read about Soviet repression, and the gulags, beating "The incredible walk" Slawomir Rawicz and how said to Carolyn Astfalk this book is a lot better than the of Walter J. Ciszek so much we've praised in the Catholic Book Club "Walking along dark paths" or the book of Torcuato Luca de Tena 'Ambassador in hell' of Torcuato Luca de Tena can also compare this book with the novel of my admired Juan Manuel de Prada "you will find me death" . It is a pity that this book does not have the publicity of the works of Vasily Grossman nor those of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I hope, that my review will help rediscover Goodreads users this magnificent book, and I wish you a thousandth like part of what I liked to me. This is the first part of my criticism of the second part will be my review of "Cancer Pavilion" of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. We'll see who wins. At the end I put a defense of the sanctity of G. K. Chesterton.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-03-23 00:00:00 Steven Feemster Czapskiego zacząłem czytać z polecenia Babci, która czytała ją jeszcze w czasach, gdzie za jej posiadanie trafiało się do więzienia. Muszę przyznać, że zrobiła na mnie piorunujące wrażenie. Co ciekawe nie dla tego, że znajdują się tam przykłady nieludzkiego traktowania więźniów, żołnierzy czy ogólnie Polaków przez Rosjan, ale dlatego, że czasy, które opisuje są dla mnie tak dalekie. Dalekie w sensie wartości, którymi ludzie żyli, sposobie myślenia ,opisu, widzenia świata, który nie wprost ujawnia się czytając książkę. Dlaczego tak zwracam uwagę na to wrażenie, bo ten okres jest tak różny od tego, co widzę, tak diametralnie inny od tego, w jakim myślę, że żyje a oddziela nas granica jedynie kilkudziesięciu lat. Czym innym jest czytać książkę historyczną ukazującą fakty na temat zdarzeń a czym innym jest czytać pewien emocjonalny opis, który oddaje tamte czasy (może oddaje tamte czasy to zbyt dużo powiedziane, oddaje pewną emocjonalna perspektywę tamtych czasów widziana przez Czapskiego). Pierwszy opis przestawia suche informacje, nie dziwi; drugi przeraża, zachwyca, bo do tych faktów dodaje coś, co powoduje, ze zaczyna się w tym żyć.