Girl in the Cellar
The Natascha Kampusch Story
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
Eight years of darkness
On March 2, 1998, while on her way to school, ten-year-old Natascha Kampusch was abducted. More than eight years later, on August 23, 2006, she escaped with a story that shocked and horrified the entire world. She spent the most delicate years of her life hidden in a cellar underneath an ordinary Austrian suburban home. How was she able to survive? What sort of woman had emerged? What kind of man was Wolfgang Priklopil, her abductor—and what demands had he made of her?
Journalists Allan Hall and Michael Leidig covered Natascha's story from the beginning. The result of extraordinary investigative reporting, Girl in the Cellar gets to the heart of this very tragic case to reveal a truth no one would have imagined.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This exploration of the disturbing kidnapping and eight years of an Austrian girl as a hostage matches its tabloidesque topic. There's little doubt that Natascha Kampusch's captivity is captivating, and veteran journalists Hall and Leidig know the story well. For those who may know the story only from the headlines-she was abducted in Vienna and spent the next eight years as a prisoner in an urban fortress-they offer a wealth of new, often sensationalist background information about Kampusch, about her troubled relationship with her divorced parents, and about her abductor, Wolfgang Prikopil. For instance, before the kidnapping Prikopil went to the same bar frequented separately by Kampusch's father and by her mother's boyfriend. They are also critical of the way the local police handled the case, calling them both inefficient and simplistic in their methods. Unfortunately, many answers surrounding the case are still unknown: Prikopil committed suicide right after Kampusch escaped this summer, and Kampusch herself has been circumspect in discussing parts of her captivity. As a result, the authors have to rely on comments by neighbors and psychiatrists to speculate about the gaps: Did Prikopil sexually abuse Kampusch? Why did she take so long to run away, since after a few years Prikopil let her go out in public with him? Those fascinated by the case will be partially satiated, but much of this case that shocked Austria remains hidden.
Customer Reviews
Girl in the Cellar
I do not write reviews, but I have to. Do not buy the book, it's not worth a cent. The worst book I ever read. It is so boring. Please I beg you, do not buy the book. You will regret it.
Girl in the Cellar
A fascination true story of a child who survived a horrific 8 years of captivity. I couldn't put it down.
Girl in the cellar
Omg. Why did i waste my money buying this stupid book. I'm very disappointed! And why would you people write about this girl if you weren't going to give details about what happened to her in the 8 years she was held captive? This is the worst book i have ever come across. You people just wasted your time on her and she's loving every minute of it!!!