Synopses & Reviews
Review
"In his stark narrative and spare dialogue, Lustig sustains the reality of people scoured by torture and loss, discovering islands of sanity in nightmare."
—Kirkus Reviews
Review
"Under the sentence of death, Lustig's characters freeze time, preserve decency. They luminesce like light crystals in the dark."
—Washington Post Book World
Review
"Arnost Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have survived the Holocaust.
Diamonds of the Night,
Night and Hope, and
Darkness Casts No Shadow remain the core of Lustig's oeuvre . . . These books stand comparison with the best works written on the subject, such as Tadeusz Borowski's
This Way to the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen."
—Josef Skvorecky
Synopsis
The stories in this collection take place in the Nazi concentration campus, on death transports, and during the last turbulent days of World War II.
About the Author
Holocaust survivor Arnost Lustig was born in Prague in 1926. Lustig became a radio reporter and upon his return from Prague with his mother. Currently, Lustig teaches at the American University in Washington, D. C. Lustig's short story selections include "Children of the Holocaust," "Indecent Dreams," and "Street of Lost Brothers." His awards include an Emmy, a National Jewish Book Award, and the Karel Capek Award for Literary Achievement by President Valclav Havel.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Lemon
The Second Round
The White Rabbit
The Old Ones and Death
Beginning and End
Michael and the Other Boy with the Dagger
The Last Day of the Fire
Black Lion
Early in the Morning