The unloved : from the diary of Perla S. /
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Author / Creator: | Lustig, Arnošt. |
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Uniform title: | Z deníku sedmnactileté Perly Sch. English |
Edition: | Rev. ed. |
Imprint: | Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 1996. |
Description: | 172 p. ; 22 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Jewish lives |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2526501 |
Summary: | Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction<br> <br> <br> <br> Perla S. is a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl who, while interred in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, becomes a prostitute. Capturing Perla's voice through a series of diary entries, Arnost Lustig shows how she maintains her integrity, honesty, and hope amidst lies and horror. This first paperback edition has been extensively revised and expanded by the author. |
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Physical Description: | 172 p. ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: | 0810113473 |