3,096 Days
Natascha Kampusch
3,096 Days
On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundled into a white van. Hours later she found herself in a dark cellar, wrapped in a blanket. When she emerged eight years later, her childhood had gone. In 3,096 Days Natascha tells her incredible story for the first time: her difficult childhood, what exactly happened on the day of her abduction, her imprisonment in a five-square-metre dungeon, and the mental and physical abuse she suffered from her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil. 3,096 Days is ultimately a story about the triumph of the human spirit. It describes how, in a situation of almost unbearable hopelessness, she slowly learned how to manipulate her captor. And how, against inconceivable odds, she managed to escape unbroken.
4.7 out of 5 based on 3 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Classification |
Non-fiction |
| Genre |
Biography, True Crime |
| Format |
Paperback |
| Pages |
256 |
| RRP |
£7.99 |
| Date of Publication |
September 2010 |
| ISBN |
978-0670919994 |
| Publisher |
Penguin |
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On 2 March 1998 ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was snatched off the street by a stranger and bundled into a white van. Hours later she found herself in a dark cellar, wrapped in a blanket. When she emerged eight years later, her childhood had gone. In 3,096 Days Natascha tells her incredible story for the first time: her difficult childhood, what exactly happened on the day of her abduction, her imprisonment in a five-square-metre dungeon, and the mental and physical abuse she suffered from her abductor, Wolfgang Priklopil. 3,096 Days is ultimately a story about the triumph of the human spirit. It describes how, in a situation of almost unbearable hopelessness, she slowly learned how to manipulate her captor. And how, against inconceivable odds, she managed to escape unbroken.
Reviews
The Observer
Vanessa Thorpe
"Kampusch's grim tale would be compelling whatever the skill of the writer, but her memoir manages to be both a brave attempt to get across a message and a sad song about the bleakness of many lives."
26/09/2010
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The Sunday Times
Daisy Goodwin
"3,096 Days is thoughtful, unflinching and remarkably devoid of self-pity... 3,096 Days is remarkable — not just for Kampusch’s account of her ordeal in the cellar and afterwards in the glare of the media, but as a testament to her indomitable spirit."
19/09/2010
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The Times
Iain Finlayson
"Kampusch’s own narrative is notable for its lack of hysteria and the intelligent effort she makes to understand the ordeal in terms of the relationship that developed with her abductor."
25/09/2010
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