Lovely Green Eyes: A Novel
by Arnost Lustig | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1611451876 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1611451876 Global Overview for this book
Registered by klaradyn of Praha, Praha Czech Republic on 5/14/2013
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From amazon.com:
Fifteen-year-old Hanka Kaudersov has ginger hair and clear, green eyes. When her family is deported to Auschwitz, her mother, father and younger brother are sent to the gas chamber. By a twist of fate, Hanka is faced with a simple alternative: follow her family, or work in an SS brothel behind the eastern front. She chooses to live, her Aryan looks allowing her to disguise the fact that she is Jewish. As the German army retreats from the Russian front, Hanka battles cold, hunger, fear, and shame, sustained by her hatred for the men she entertains, her friendship with the mysterious Estelle, and her fierce, burning desire for life. Lovely Green Eyes explores the compromises and sacrifices that an individual may make in order to survive, the way a woman can retain her identity in the face of appalling trauma, and the value of human life itself. This is a remarkable novel, which soars beyond nightmare, leaving the reader with a transcendent sense of hope.
Fifteen-year-old Hanka Kaudersov has ginger hair and clear, green eyes. When her family is deported to Auschwitz, her mother, father and younger brother are sent to the gas chamber. By a twist of fate, Hanka is faced with a simple alternative: follow her family, or work in an SS brothel behind the eastern front. She chooses to live, her Aryan looks allowing her to disguise the fact that she is Jewish. As the German army retreats from the Russian front, Hanka battles cold, hunger, fear, and shame, sustained by her hatred for the men she entertains, her friendship with the mysterious Estelle, and her fierce, burning desire for life. Lovely Green Eyes explores the compromises and sacrifices that an individual may make in order to survive, the way a woman can retain her identity in the face of appalling trauma, and the value of human life itself. This is a remarkable novel, which soars beyond nightmare, leaving the reader with a transcendent sense of hope.
On the way to alerion as part of her EU Secret Santa package - a book by a Czech author.
Hmm had forgotten to register this book. Sorry. It has arrived and will continue its journey soon. Thanks
Journal Entry 4 by Alerion at Fredrikspark in Haarlem, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (7/29/2015 UTC) at Fredrikspark in Haarlem, Noord-Holland Netherlands
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
It was left on the bench under the big tree just outside ABN Amro and Carlton Hotel, opposite Frederikspark. I hope the finder will register it.
Καλημέρα Κατερίνα. Συγγνώμη που σου γίνομαι φόρτωμα αλλά μήπως θα μπορούσες να βάλεις στο j.e. απελευθέρωσης αυτό το κείμενο
This book participate at BC Monopoly 2015 and it was released by TEAM 7:
aaouts , maltrebus and MariaKall
Καλημέρα Κατερίνα. Συγγνώμη που σου γίνομαι φόρτωμα αλλά μήπως θα μπορούσες να βάλεις στο j.e. απελευθέρωσης αυτό το κείμενο
This book participate at BC Monopoly 2015 and it was released by TEAM 7:
aaouts , maltrebus and MariaKall