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 ...
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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.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0060127120. Translated from the Czech by Jeanne Nemcova. First printing thus. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0060127120. Translated from the Czech by Jeanne Nemcova. First printing thus. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine (small stain at the base of the rear panel) dust jacket.
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Book. 10mo; pp 189; VG/G; blue spine with blue and cream text; dust jacket has modest wear to exterior; cloth exterior has very little wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light tone; interior clean; inscribed by author. 1333393. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fine. First edition. Paperback Fine in wrappers. Like new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book (1st edition, 1st printing) Sturdy book, blue cloth spine, light brown boards, dark lettering very fine on spine, light brown color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 189 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy dark blue background to front and spine, a light blue frame to front, white back with photograph of Lustig at center. DJ has very tiny nick at top front tip with very slight wear at top of front bookfold edge, microtear at bottom front tip, micronicks at back tips. Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.