The tattooist of Auschwitz a novel
"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoner...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| Online Access: | Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
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| Summary: | "In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism--but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive. One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her"--Dust jacket flap. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published as The Tattooist of Auschwitz in Australia in 2018 by Bonnier Publishing Australia and in the UK by Bonnier Zaffre"--Title page verso. Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..." section. |
| Physical Description: | 262, 11 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780062870674 006287067X 9780062797155 0062797158 9780062877000 0062877003 |
| Author Notes: | Heather Morris is a native of New Zealand and now lives in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the U.S. In 2003 Heather rmet Lale Sokolov and they formed a strong bond with each other. Lale began confiding his innermost details of his life during the Holocaust. Heather began writing Lale's story as a screenplay but later reshaped it as her first novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz. (Bowker Author Biography) |
