Description
I WAS NOT IN AUSCHWITZ
Book summary
A collection of poetry that explores memory, the legacy of horror, and the impossibility of remaining indifferent to history. With a language charged with powerful imagery, Concha Pérez Rojas constructs an intimate dialogue with the past, where the reader's conscience becomes a witness to a collective wound. A work that delves into the roots of identity and how the echo of tragedy resonates in the present.
What is it about?
The book delves into the relationship between the individual and historical memory, taking the Auschwitz extermination camp as a symbolic reference. Through a poetic voice that knows itself to be removed from the event yet feels it as its own, the author reflects on the transmission of pain, guilt, and shame. The verses move between the cry of those who suffered and the gaze of those who, from the present, contemplate the indelible marks. The work does not recount historical events, but rather builds a sensory and emotional experience where the landscape—trees, leaves, stones—is permeated with the memory of the bodies and souls that suffered there.
Main themes
- Historical memory and the transmission of collective trauma.
- Identity constructed from the past and the legacy of horror.
- The gaze of the absent witness and the impossibility of indifference.
- Nature as a silent witness to human tragedy.
- Guilt and shame as inherited emotions.
Who is it recommended for?
For readers of contemporary poetry interested in historical memory, reflection on collective suffering, and the capacity of language to name the unspeakable. Also for those seeking a work that engages with ethical conscience and the responsibility of the present toward the past.
What this book contributes
- An intense poetic experience that connects emotion and historical reflection.
- An original look at Holocaust memory from the perspective of the non-witness.
- Literary images of great visual and symbolic power.
- A space for introspection on the inheritance of pain and identity.
Technical specifications
- Author: Concha Pérez Rojas
- Publisher: Huerga y Fierro Editores
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Poetry by individual poets
- Collection: Poetry
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: July 2024
- Number of pages: 106
- Weight: 155 g
Editorial assessment
A poetic proposal that stands out for its ability to address a subject of enormous historical and emotional density from a personal and non-testimonial perspective. The author succeeds in forcing the reader to confront the question of how to inhabit the present while knowing oneself to be the heir to a traumatic past. Recommended for those seeking poetry that does not avoid the complexity or the discomfort of memory.