The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062860941 (paperback)
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Physical Description:
large print
312 pages ; 23 cm - Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperLuxe, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Love stories. |
Available copies
- 4 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 7 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Castlegar Public Library | LP FIC MOR (Text) | 35146002105070 | Large Print Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | LP F MOR (Text) | DCL163848 | Large print | Volume hold | Available | - |
Smithers Public Library | LP MOR (Text) | 35101011029407 | Large Print | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-12 |
Gibsons Public Library | LP FIC MORR (Text) | 30886001060413 | Large print fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Quesnel Branch | MOR (Text) | 33923006013001 | Large Print | Volume hold | Available | - |
Sechelt Public Library | LP F MORR (Text) | 33260100018242 | Large Print | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-26 |
Williams Lake Branch | MOR (Text) | 33923006012771 | Large Print | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-08-01 |
- HARPERCOLL
 #1 New York Times Bestseller and #1 International Bestseller ⢠Now a Peacock Original Series starring Harvey Keitel and Melanie Lynskey
This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolovâan unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity.
âThe Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document, a story about the extremes of human behavior existing side by side: calculated brutality alongside impulsive and selfless acts of love. I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted and moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether theyâd read a hundred Holocaust stories or none.ââGraeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie Project
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 over two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarismâbut 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.
A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful re-creation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions.