# Biblio-Therapy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblio-therapy/99247>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblio-therapy/99247 "2002-03-20T18:57:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblio-therapy/99247/1 "2002-03-20T18:57:37Z")

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Whenever my life needs a little kick back to the right side of perspective, I pick up a couple books that always make me feel better:

\*\*Donbas - Jacques Sandalesque \*\* - the story of a 15 yr old boy captured by the Russians in WW2 in Rumania and sent to work in a Soviet coal mine in the Donbas region (Siberia, I think) and his survival and escape.

\*\*Night - Elie Weisel \*\* - tale of a jewish boy surviving a variety of Death Camps in WW2. This boy went on to win the Nobel Prize for peace in the 80’s.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblio-therapy/99247/2 "2002-03-21T01:36:58Z")

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Yeah, Lautreamont’s **Les Chants de Maldoror** does the same for me.