Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things

Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by zikduruqe on Friday January 10, 2025 @06:55AM (#42654885)

Surviving a concentration camp seems a tad difficult.

Everyone should read this at least twice in their lives.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by brainzap on Friday January 10, 2025 @08:16AM (#42655341)

I am not reading it

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by itisit on Friday January 10, 2025 @12:10PM (#42657536)

Perhaps you should.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by lnsru on Friday January 10, 2025 @07:26AM (#42655033)

Another book about survival there: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_of_the_Gods When I have a bad day I think about this book and intellectuals in hell.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by sreeramvenkat on Friday January 10, 2025 @07:59AM (#42655225)

Read it as if you are reading it the second time.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by Swenrekcah on Friday January 10, 2025 @07:09AM (#42654939)

Do you mean the Holodomor famine? In any case it seems you should be the one to recommend a book on the subject.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by ckmate-king-2 on Friday January 10, 2025 @09:46AM (#42655978)

One of the most famous accounts, also universally acclaimed, is Primo Levi's Survival at Auschwitz.

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by ErigmolCt on Friday January 10, 2025 @09:57AM (#42656109)

We read this book in book club when I was a teenager. It was incredibly impressive. I think it's time to read it again...

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Re:Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things by mhartz on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:40AM (#42697059)

great recommendation

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