Eve's Tattoo

by Emily Prager

Book Overview

Emily Prager, author of A Visit from the Footbridge and Clea and Zeus Divorce, now writes a provocative novel filled with surprises and sure to attract a wide readership. The heroine of this story, Eve, begins to identify with a woman she calls Eva--a victim of Auschwitz--whose concentration camp number Eve has impulsively tatooed on her own arm. Eve delves deeper into Eva's past until her discoveries begin to tranform everything in the present.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394574907
• ISBN13: 9780394574905
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.6"

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