Eve's Tattoo

by Emily Prager

Book Overview

On her 40th birthday, Eve gets a tattoo of the number 500123 on her wrist, a copy of one Eve has seen on a nameless woman in a photograph taken at Auschwitz in 1944. A non-Jew's bizarre attempt to decipher the reasons for the Holocaust, Eve's tattoo becomes a stigma that will estrange her from her lover and the facile, fashionable world that was once her natural habitat. Compassionate and informed.--New York Times Book Review.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679740538
• ISBN13: 9780679740537
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Vintage Books USA
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Chock full of trivia about the Nazi "high regard for the mother"

In today's news, 25% of Germans felt that Nazi rule was not all bad citing the Nazi "high regard for the mother." If not for this book which I agree was not fun to read, I would not have the "trivia" of what it meant to be a German woman in Nazi Germany permanently embedded in my brain. Thanks a lot, Emily Prager. The Nazis turned their aryan women into baby machines compromising the health of women and shortening their life spans all in the name of patriotism. Do you think it was only scary for Jews under Nazi rule? This book tells in a roundabout way how Nazis were/are also the enemy of women.

Disturbing premise, but surprisingly good

When I first heard the premise of this book, I had my doubts about it. But I found it to have a lot of depth and historical interest. Very well written, and really made me think about my own life, history, and (lack of) generosity to and empathy for others and their varied situations.

A Must Read

This is an incredible book. It is thoughtful, haunting, and tells the story of an uncompromising heroine