Dita Saxova

By Arnošt Lustig

Book Overview

Dita Saxova is an eighteen-year-old concentration camp survivor trying to start a new life in postwar Prague. Living in a special hostel for orphans from the camps, too old to be cared for parentally, too young to be fully adult, too soaked in reality to harbor many illusions, Dita struggles to reconcile struggles to reconcile her unfathomable past with her enigmatic future. First published in Czech in 1962, then in English in 1979, Dita Saxova confirms Arnost Lustig's place as one of the masterful storytellers of the Holocaust period.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810111322
• ISBN13: 9780810111325
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.7"

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.