
Dr. Josef's Little Beauty
by Zyta Rudzka
Title:
Dr. Josef's Little Beauty
Author:
Zyta Rudzka
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
224 pages
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press Ltd
ISBN-13:
9781911710080
EAN:
9781911710080
Publication Date:
04/04/2024
Classifications:
Special Features
Weight (g):
416
Dimensions (mm):
138 x 211 x 16
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
In the middle of summer, omnipresent heat radiates as a group of elderly people are remembering their youth. The story focuses on two sisters, Leokadia and Czechna, who live together in a retirement home not far from Warsaw. These are not ordinary stories they are sharing, because both of them spent time as children in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. At the center is Czechna, who at the age of 12 was saved from extermination by the notorious doctor Josef Mengele, the real-life Nazi officer and physician who was known as the ''angel of death'' for the experiments he conducted on prisoners, including twins and siblings. This is a story both provocative and disturbing about the fear that lingers in victims. Was the sisters'' relationship with the executioner a desperate attempt to save their lives, or perhaps they harbour a hideous pride and sense of superiority over other prisoners? Rudzka''s extraordinary writing turns unsettling questions about memory and survival into art.










