Three Sisters

by Heather Morris

Overview

Malen'kie devochki Cibi, Magda i Livi dayut svoemu otcu obeshchanie: vsegda byt' vmeste, chto by ni sluchilos'… V 1942 godu nacisty zabirayut Livi yakoby dlya rabot v Germanii, i Cibi, pomnya dannoe otcu obeshchanie, sleduet za sestroj, chtoby zashchitit' ee ili umeret' vmeste s nej. Tri goda sestry pytayutsya vyzhit' v nechelovecheskih usloviyah konclagerya Osvencim-Birkenau. Magda ostaetsya s mater'yu i dedushkoj, pryachas' na cherdake sosedej ili v lesu, no v konce koncov tozhe popadaet v plen i otpravlyaetsya v lager' smerti. V Osvencime-Birkenau tri sestry vossoedinyayutsya i, vspomniv otca, dayut novoe obeshchanie, na etot raz drug drugu: chto oni nepremenno vyzhivut… Vpervye na russkom yazyke!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785389209114
Publisher:	Azbooka
Publication date:	02/09/2022
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	512
File size:	3 MB
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Хезер Моррис — австралийская писательница, в прошлом социальный работник. В течение нескольких лет она трудилась в государственной больнице Мельбурна, а в свободное время изучала и писала киносценарии, один из которых приобрела Памела Уоллес, оскароносный сценарист из США. В 2003 году Хезер представили пожилому джентльмену, им оказался Лале Соколов. День их знакомства изменил жизнь обоих. Их дружба крепла, и Лале посвятил Хезер в самые сокровенные подробности своей жизни в Освенциме. Первоначально Моррис написала историю Лале в форме киносценария, права на него собиралась приобрести мельбурнская компания Instinct Entertainment. Но сделка не состоялась и Хезер подала заявки на участие в нескольких международных сценарных конкурсах. Ее работа выиграла приз конкурса International Independent Film Awards в 2016 и была высоко оценена Международной Ассоциацией Сценаристов (ISA). Вдохновленная отзывами профессионалов и читателей, Хезер переделала сценарий в роман и организовала кампанию по сбору средств через Kickstarter, чтобы самостоятельно опубликовать книгу. Но по счастливой случайности ее работу заметили представители австралийского издательства, которое вскоре и опубликовало дебютный роман Хезер Моррис "Татуировщик из Освенцима".

Editorial Reviews

★ 08/30/2021

Morris (The Tattooist of Auschwitz) follows the real-life Meller sisters, who all survived imprisonment at Auschwitz-Birkenau and a winter death march during WWII, in her extraordinary latest. In 1942 Slovakia, Livi Meller, 15, is rounded up with other teens for what is described by the Nazis as “work detail.” Livi’s sister Magda, 17, is protected by her doctor, who admits Magda to the hospital for a slight fever. Cibi, 19, returns from a training camp in the forest for future immigrants to Israel to accompany Livi. But Cibi and Livi are taken to Auschwitz, where they endure more than two years of near starvation, abuse from SS guards, and manual work that includes loading bricks into carts and rummaging through prisoners’ belongings for valuables. In 1944, Magda is also sent to Auschwitz, where she is reunited with her sisters; when the war ends, the sisters wander through Germany before returning to find squatters in their home and glaring anti-Semitism. After a harrowing journey to Israel in 1948, the narrative continues with their new life as survivors, as they build families while often struggling with emotional wounds. Morris skillfully chronicles the lives of the sisters from childhood to old age, balancing fictional invention with extensive research and immersion into the Mellers’ lives. Readers will be greatly inspired by this story of resilience. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

10/01/2021

The finale of Morris's "Tattooist of Auschwitz" trilogy (after Cilka's Journey) follows three Slovakian Jewish sisters who survive the Nazi genocide of Jews and are strengthened by a promise made to their father. Having been separated from each other and the rest of their family during the Slovak State's deportation of Jews, eldest sister Cibi, middle sister Magda, and youngest sister Livi end up together in Auschwitz and endure its terrible conditions and ever-present threat of death. Against all odds, the sisters survive and immigrate to Israel after the end of World War II. There they make new lives for themselves while keeping their promise to their father, contending with secrets they've kept from one another, and communicating the horrors of the Holocaust to their descendants. Based on a real family, Morris's novel delves into Auschwitz's daily routines and violence without romanticism. VERDICT Readers of historical and World War II fiction will be gripped by the conclusion to Morris's trilogy.—Pamela O'Sullivan, SUNY Coll. at Brockport Lib.

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