This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Barbara Vedder, Jan Kott, Tadeusz Borowski, Michael Kandel

This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen

Barbara Vedder, Jan Kott, Tadeusz Borowski, Michael Kandel

fiction history short stories dark emotional sad slow-paced

180 pages | first published 1947

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Tadeusz Borowski's concentration camp stories were based on his own experiences surviving Auschwitz and Dachau. In spare, brutal prose he describes a world where the will to survive overrides compassion and prisoners eat, work and sleep a few yard...
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Summary of 373 reviews

Moods

dark 92%
sad 77%
emotional 59%
challenging 40%
reflective 29%
tense 29%
informative 14%
funny 3%
inspiring 3%

Pace

medium 52%
slow 31%
fast 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | A mix: 20% | N/A: 20% | Plot: 10%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 30% | No: 30% | N/A: 20% | Yes: 20%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 60% | N/A: 30% | No: 10%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 62% | No: 25% | It's complicated: 12%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 37% | Yes: 37% | N/A: 12% | No: 12%

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4.17

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