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A review by david611
Lovely Green Eyes by Arnošt Lustig
4.0
A well-written book, considering Holocaust Literature work of Fiction from a Czech Holocaust Survivor.
This one is about a minor Jewish girl who is able to keep herself from a Concentration Camp, and be a part of a brothel that has been established for the service of the German officers and soldiers who are fighting the Soviet Union on the eastern front during their retreating days of WW II.
It was a good book. Providing a different side and perspective, on the lives of the 'sisters' living in a brothel, who served the German soldiers. And one of them being a Jew in the hiding. The book revolves around the psychological stuff the girl passes through; the kinds of German officers who are there for their pleasures, and their treatment of the girls; sometimes the officers' good sides; the ethics and morals of the Germans according to themselves.
Although the book does not have too much of a depth to its contents, it is not shallow either. Some scenes are long, which are good and seemed necessary for their intended effect. Descriptions and dialogues are well balanced.
Translation seemed very well done, excepting a couple of possible grammatical errors here and there.
This one's a recommended read, to understand and know yet another side of the Holocaust and the Second World War.
This one is about a minor Jewish girl who is able to keep herself from a Concentration Camp, and be a part of a brothel that has been established for the service of the German officers and soldiers who are fighting the Soviet Union on the eastern front during their retreating days of WW II.
It was a good book. Providing a different side and perspective, on the lives of the 'sisters' living in a brothel, who served the German soldiers. And one of them being a Jew in the hiding. The book revolves around the psychological stuff the girl passes through; the kinds of German officers who are there for their pleasures, and their treatment of the girls; sometimes the officers' good sides; the ethics and morals of the Germans according to themselves.
Although the book does not have too much of a depth to its contents, it is not shallow either. Some scenes are long, which are good and seemed necessary for their intended effect. Descriptions and dialogues are well balanced.
Translation seemed very well done, excepting a couple of possible grammatical errors here and there.
This one's a recommended read, to understand and know yet another side of the Holocaust and the Second World War.