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ONE OF US: THE STORY OF A MASSACRE AND ITS AFTERMATH PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Asne Seierstad,Sarah Death | 544 pages | 03 May 2015 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9781844089208 | English | London, United Kingdom One of Us: The Story of a Massacre and its Aftermath PDF Book The New York Times. From then on, he lived almost entirely in his imagination, but his fantasies were still linked to the real world of politics and ideology. This is a hard book to review. View 1 comment. The facts are presented in dispassionate detail, based entirely on personal testimony, court and police records. Others looked down or widened their eyes in disbelief. It was not immersive enough. Besides the fact of its excellent reviews, I was first drawn to this book by its poignant title, One of Us. Beirik believed in a three step plan, the bombing, the massacre at the island, and a trial that would serve as his platform for his ideas. The author realises that nothing can ever really make sense of this awful tragedy, but gives us the details that allow us to ponder. Even the indigent and refugee communities can do that now with government help. At all costs we want to stir up some sort of feeling in others. Tsarnaev acted out of an ideology that was the antithesis of Anders Behring Breivik, the self-proclaimed commander of the Norwegian anti-communist resistance movement who in July, sought to rid Europe of what he perceived to be its Islamization and, secondly to make a statement about what cultural diversity, and the feminist mo On May 15, the jury in the Boston bombing case voted the death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for his role in the massacre at the April 15, Boston Marathon. A world where a bunch of idealistic and ambitious kids go to a political camp because they want to shape things; a world where one twisted soul can shoot them to bring attention to his own warped cause. Seierstad's approach to the subject matter is a journalistic one, the story - of the perpetrator as well as some of his victims - is reported in a narrating, very approachable way. Since Breveik surrendered with a confession, all that was left to decide was if he were sane and therefore responsible for his actions. It is a ghastly story of family dysfunction, professional and sexual failure, grotesque narcissism and the temptation of apocalyptic delusions. The second is due to Seierstad's choice to write in a sensationalist novel format. It wasn't a wise choice, I ended up wiping the tears running down my face in a fully booked airplane. Included are a young woman of Kurdish descent who fled from Iraq as a child in the 's and whose idol was Norway's first female Prime Minister, as well as a young man who helped teenage asylum seekers with their homework alongside football practice and his budding political activism, and who died saving others. Whenever I read op-eds that blame feminism for "emasculating" men by attempting to make them irrelevant I think of cases like this one. The lack of equipment, poor communication, and overall weak preparation for a disaster of this kind probably substantially increased the death and wounded totals. Detailed, fascinating and distressing in equal measure. Most popular. His mother was odd, but functionally odd. It was and right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik was on trial for having murdered 77 people and wounding dozens of others on July 22nd of the previous year. Utoya is a small island, so every pathway and park on it had dead bodies that day. The young people are loved, and the reader wants to protect them. They, also, were "one of us", each on their own, and their lifes and hopes ended or were crushed on that fateful day. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Meaning : he was sane! This is also a book about looking for a way to belong and not finding it. But this path may suppose those family or community members to have a well- developed sense of self, and right and wrong. A second report was commissioned. The use of hindsight as a lens to dissect human tragedy is very common. Why did it happen? The book is a powerful story of how the development of hatred in one person can expose an entire society to his violent agenda. I will say, this cannot dethrone Columbine as the best true crime novel I've ever read, but it does hit a close second. She allowed you to get to know the kids, then you watched them die. Given his poor social skills and utter lack of empathy it came as no surprise to me that one of the psychiatrists who testified at his trial diagnosed him as likely being somewhere on the autism spectrum. A picture emerges of a killer - isolated, awkward, with a strange and troubled childhood. I was also impressed that Asne Seierstad donated all proceeds from the sales to a charity. Instead they went on with business as usual with the annual youth festivities. View all 11 comments. After September 11th she went to Afghanistan, reporting for a number of major Scandinavian newspapers. Why should this be the line I draw in my mental sand? One therefore has to get the message out by other means. The guy was a sicko, which is expected and basically unexplainable, so there's not much interesting to say. From his sad childhood until his total break with reality Anders Breivik devised a terrible plot against his country because he opposed the immigration happening in Norway. One of Us: The Story of a Massacre and its Aftermath Writer We may get help eventually, perhaps, but we should take that responsibility seriously. And of the family members who had loved ones killed and will never have life as it once was. Welcome back. But this book bothered me. He called himself Andersnordic. It starts with demands for special dispensations and ends with demands for self-rule. Reading about these proceedings was like walking into Bizzaro Courtroom, where things appear familiar but are actually upside down. His insistence that his acts be declared that of a sane man, expressions of regret he says he almost cancelled his plan to commit the massacre on Utoya island and unwillingness to kill himself after committing such heinous acts deserved more analysis. These are lengthy and poorly introduced. Caffeine, ephedrine and aspirin ran in his bloodstream. I'm no masochist; I chose to read this book mostly because of its widespread acclaim. Three days ago a 19 year old guy was given 22 years in prison for wishing to cut off the head of a British soldier he was caught before he did it, unlike Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, who did behead a British soldier on the streets of London on 22 May This book is journalism, but written almost as a novel, and what unfolds is the story of a troubled boy who became a disaffected man; told alongside the stories of some of his victims. From there, Seierstad delivers the troubled life story of an infamous spree killer. While it was not as simple as that, his isolation was fundamental to his desire to do this, and his ability to carry it out. That the great number of Muslim immigrants and their much larger families would be the majority. When we walked into the restaurant we got a table and on it was the newspaper. He had a difficult, unstable mother and largely absent father. Most of the victims were teens. Anders Behring Breivik undoubtedly committed a massive heinous act in cold blood. One of those girls was killed that day. Its challenges with accommodating asylum seekers hasn't been covered as extensively as those in Britain or France. This is not problematic, as it was clearly my own choice. From his birth and early childhood, his complicated family dynamics and relations, his many failed attempts of being special, of belonging and never really achieving anything. Result : dissocial personality disorder with narcissistic traits. And it is true when they act as the suicidal hitmen for revolutionary groups. On the heels of this self-imposed seclusion, he took an extreme right-wing stance and commenced acquiring the materiel required for mass slaughter. All wrapped up in a gripping true crime narrative. Is it also in English? It is a brutally honest one in describing the failures particularly of the police. Though certain obvious details, like the layout of the island, are neglected. Goodreads Librari Seierstad has taken her subject and written about his entire life, as well as taking into account elements of his parents' lives to see what, if anything, rubbed off on Breivik and caused him to have the views which he so firmly holds. He achieved his goals as the Norwegian legal system worked to his advantage. The subject is a potentially influential terrorist who has made some grand claims for himself and the impact of his act on the future of Europe. One of Us presents a detailed account of Anders Breivik life and how he came to massacre 79 people. The shootings were only Part One. One therefore has to get the message out by other means. More filters. Asne Seierstad I think writes with some understanding and tries to get to the One of Us: The Story of a Massacre and its Aftermath Reviews Somewhere along the line, he got swept up into far-right, anti-immigrant politics. Inga Bejer Engh Svein Holden. Showing Angel of Grozny: Inside Chechnya.