The Unloved: From the Diary of Perla S.

by Arnošt Lustig

Book Overview

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction

Perla S. is a beautiful seventeen-year-old girl who, while interred in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, becomes a prostitute. Capturing Perla's voice through a series of diary entries, Arnost Lustig shows how she maintains her integrity, honesty, and hope amidst lies and horror. This first paperback edition has been extensively revised and expanded by the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810113473
• ISBN13: 9780810113473
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.7"