01740cam a2200301Ia 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020001800063020001500081035002100096041001300117043001200130090002500142100002900167245008700196260003900283300001100322500004100333520083300374546003101207586002301238700001801261740002001279942001401299952011001313999001501423ocn829743781OCoLCta130309s2013    enk           000 1 eng d  a9781846274176  a1846274176  a(OCoLC)8297437811 aenghcze  ae-cs---  aFicb.T67C45Z83 20131 aTopol, Jáchym, d1962-14aThe Devil's workshop /cJáchym Topol ; translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker.  aLondon :bPortobello Books,c2013.  a166 p.  aTranslation of: Chladnou zemi. 2009.  aThe devil had his workshop in Belarus. That's where the deepest graves are. But no one knows about it.' A young man grows up in a town with a sinister history. The concentration camp may have been liberated years ago, but its walls still cast their long shadows and some of the inhabitants are quite determined to not to allow anyone to forget. When the camp is marked for demolition, one of the survivors begins a campaign to preserve it, quickly attracting donations from wealthy benefactors, a cult-like following of young travellers, and a steady stream of tourists buying souvenir t-shirts. But before long, the authorities impose a brutal crack-down, leaving only an 'official' memorial and three young collaborators whose commitment to the act of remembering will drive them ever closer to the evils they hoped to escape.  aTranslated from the Czech.  aEnglish PEN Award.1 aZucker, Alex.0 aChladnou zemi.   2localcBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oFic .T67C45Z83 2013pPNLIB21062596r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c2783d2783