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The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel
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- ISBN: 9780062870674
- ISBN: 006287067X
- ISBN: 9780062870674 : HRD
- ISBN: 006287067X : HRD
- ISBN: 9780062870674
- ISBN: 006287067X
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Physical Description:
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262, 11 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm - Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "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. |
| Summary, etc.: | "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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| Subject: | Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Jews Fiction Tattoo artists Fiction Man-woman relationships Fiction Jews Poland Fiction |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 44 of 51 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at John P. Webster Library - West Hartford.
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- 0 current holds with 51 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | PR 9639.4 .M668 T38 2018 (Text) | 30401141563480 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Tattooist of Auschwitz : A Novel
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Author Notes
The Tattooist of Auschwitz : A Novel
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)
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