Dita Saxova. Trans. by Jeanne Nemcova.

By Arnošt Lustig

Book Overview

Dita Saxova opens in 1947 as the title character, an eighteen-year-old concentration camp survivor, tries to start a new life in post-World War Il Prague.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060127120
• ISBN13: 9780060127121
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Harper & Row (1979)
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Life after the Holocaust

Dita is a Jewish girl living in post-WWII Prague, a survivor of the Holocaust like most of her friends. Music, dancing and cafes help the others to go on living after the horrors of Nazi concentration camps, but Dita can't forget. She has too many questions; such as, Why is she still alive when so many are dead? Dita dwells on the Holocaust because it defines her life, but her friends think her macabre, and it drives a wedge between them. This is a beautifully-told story about a lovely, sensitive girl deeply affected by personal tragedy.