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And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance

di Jacques Lusseyran

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The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See An updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French edition When Jacques Lusseyran was an eight-year-old Parisian schoolboy, he was blinded in an accident. He finished his schooling determined to participate in the world around him. In 1941, when he was seventeen, that world was Nazi-occupied France. Lusseyran formed a resistance group with fifty-two boys and used his heightened senses to recruit the best. Eventually, Lusseyran was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp in a transport of two thousand resistance fighters. He was one of only thirty from the transport to survive. His gripping story is one of the most powerful and insightful descriptions of living and thriving with blindness, or indeed any challenge, ever published.… (altro)
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In the last few days, I read the stories of two incredible men, Steven Biko and Jacques Lusseyran.

Most of us spend our days whining, and during the pandemic, we have whined louder. Yet, there are incredible people who have walked the face of the earth. Jacques Lusseyran is one of them.

He became blind when he was eight yet did not let that depress him. He was blessed to have enlightened parents.

In 1938, World War II broke out, and France capitulated. Jacques Lusseyran became the leader of one of the main wings of the Resistance, and he was a young teenager! Then, in 1943, when someone betrayed him, he was marched off to prison and then the concentration camps in Buchwald. There, he became an inspiration to many prisoners. Again, when he was not yet out of his teens.

He was one of the thirty who survived the concentration camps. When you read the book, you understand how he refused to let his spirit die. At one point he says, I didn't have physical strength, but I had my head and was determined to use it.

He recommends how we must approach life in prison, and in the camps. Apply this to your life, and it will transform into something magical.

This book is inspiring. Read it. ( )
  RajivC | May 19, 2022 |
> Réédition de deux essais d'un homme de lettres et héros de la résistance, Jacques Lusseyran, où il transmet sa foi inébranlable dans l'existence.
« De son handicap, il fit un privilège », écrit Jérôme Garcin à propos de Jacques Lusseyran (1924-1971). Devenu aveugle à l'âge de 8 ans, il entre dans la Résistance à 18 ans, est déporté à Buchenwald en 1944, devient après la guerre professeur aux Etats-Unis, meurt brutalement en France dans un accident de voiture, à 46 ans. Dans Le Voyant, Jérôme Garcin brosse un portrait émouvant et profond de cet écrivain méconnu, auteur de Et la lumière fut (1953) et Le monde commence aujourd'hui (1959). Ces deux ouvrages, réédités ensemble en poche chez Folio, dévoilent le destin exceptionnel de cet homme qui, dans l'autobiographique Et la lumière fut, développe une « philosophie de la vie » l'engageant à conserver en lui « la lumière du monde ». Courage et lucidité sont les mots qui viennent à l'esprit, face à la biographie d'un Jacques Lusseyran porté par une foi inébranlable tandis que le destin le bouscule. Quand il devient conférencier dans une université américaine, il poursuit son travail de transmission et écrit Le monde commence aujourd'hui, où il décrit ses rencontres, son expérience de fraternité, de résilience. — Christine FERNIOT
*Et la lumière fut et Le monde commence aujourd'hui, de Jacques Lusseyran, éd. Folio, 432 p., 7,70 €, et 192 p., 6,50 € ; Le Voyant, de Jérôme Garcin, éd. Folio, 208 p., 7,70 €, et en version audio, éd. Gallimard, coll. Ecoutez lire, 18,90 €.
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> Et la lumière fut, de LUSSEYRAN, Jacques (Paris: Table Ronde, 1953. Pp. 313. Frs. 540.) ;
La Mesure du monde. I: Les Enfances, de LONGHY, Claude (Paris: Robert Laffont, 1951. Pp. 294. Frs. 420.)
Se reporter au compte rendu de Simone de la Souchère Deléry
In: The French Review, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jan., 1955), pp. 281-283… ; (en ligne),
URL : https://drive.google.com/file/d/12kihSiyabbKfozPrSq9HSv55C1c6tLSw/view?usp=shari...

> Weygand Zina. Et la lumière fut, de Jacques LUSSEYRAN (Préface de Jacqueline Pardon Paris, éditions du Félin, coll. « Résistance-Liberté-Mémoire », 2005, 282 p.)
In: Revue Esprit, No. 327 (8/9) (Août-septembre 2006), pp. 250-256. … ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/weygand-zina/jacques-lusseyran-et-la-lumiere-fu... ;
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-wVyCbllM06SrFajyixe7rICDX5ooH3e/view?usp=shari... ( )
  Joop-le-philosophe | Nov 28, 2018 |
Une merveille de beauté, je suis ravie d'avoir découvert cet auteur dont je n'avais jamais entendu parler, grâce au livre de Jérôme Garcin lu un peu plus tôt : "Le voyant", qui retrace la vie de ce jeune résistant.
"Et la lumière fut" est une autobiographie très émouvante, bouleversante même, dans laquelle Jacques Lusseyran se livre et dévoile toute la force de sa lumière intérieure qui l'a mené sur les voies les plus exigeantes et courageuses, la Résistance alors qu'il n'a pas encore 18 ans. Il est arrêté, et sera ensuite déporté à Buchenwald où il restera un an et demi dans cet enfer. De retour en France il reprend ses études et se lance dans l'écriture, donnant entre autre naissance à ce témoignage marquant. Un très grand personnage, habité d'une force intérieure inébranlable. Ses mots sont puissants, pour nous faire comprendre cette lumière profondément ancrée en lui, qui lui a donné cette force inouïe et ce goût profond des autres.
  fiestalire | Jul 27, 2015 |
Der Autor erblindet als Achtjähriger. In seinem Buch schildert er diesen tragischen Unfall als den Beginn eines Lebens, in dem er das Licht in sich findet. Dieses innere Licht hilft ihm während des zweiten Weltkriegs, in dem er, noch kaum erwachsen, eine Widerstandsgruppe von Jungen gründet. Er kommt ins KZ Buchenwald und überlebt die lange Zeit, die er dort verbringt. Das Buch ist wirklich interessant und lesenswert. Der Stil war mir mitunter zu pathetisch, aber inhaltlich ist das Buch absolut fesselnd. Vor allem seine Berichte über das Leben in Buchenwald und wie er dort zurecht kam beeindruckten mich. ( )
  Wassilissa | Nov 1, 2013 |
The descriptions of Jacques life were wonderful. It was nice to see another person's view of life. Also, I lied that the book talked about Paris. It was not depressing even though it was about World War II.
  RKoletteL | Oct 13, 2013 |
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The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See An updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French edition When Jacques Lusseyran was an eight-year-old Parisian schoolboy, he was blinded in an accident. He finished his schooling determined to participate in the world around him. In 1941, when he was seventeen, that world was Nazi-occupied France. Lusseyran formed a resistance group with fifty-two boys and used his heightened senses to recruit the best. Eventually, Lusseyran was arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp in a transport of two thousand resistance fighters. He was one of only thirty from the transport to survive. His gripping story is one of the most powerful and insightful descriptions of living and thriving with blindness, or indeed any challenge, ever published.

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