The Tattooist of Auschwitz

You will not regret adding this beautifully written book to your summer reading list

Vorwort
For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Autorentext
Heather Morris is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia, working in a large public hospital in Melbourne. For several years she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US. In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who 'might just have a story worth telling'. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives, as their friendship grew and he embarked on a journey of self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale's story as a screenplay - which ranked high in international competitions - before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Klappentext

Based on a heart-breaking true story of love and survival, it tells of one man's determination to survive and live a full life with the woman he loved. Lale Sokolov survived the horrors of Auschwitz, and the terrible job he had of having to tattoo the prisoners marked for survival. He escaped with his soon-to-be-wife, Gita Sokolov to Australia after the war.

Zusammenfassung
For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight.