La nueva novela de Heather Morris, autora de El tatuador de Auschwitz.
Una novela basada en una extraordinaria historia real de amor y supervivencia.
La belleza fue su condena y el amor su salvacin.
Con solo diecisis aos, la prisionera juda Cilka Klein fue convertida en la concubina de uno de los comandantes de Auschwitz- Birkenau. Se salv de morir de hambre, enfermedad o en las cmaras de gas, pero, tras la liberacin, fue acusada de colaboradora y espa ante la NKVD, la brutal polica secreta sovitica. Y as, por segunda vez en tres aos, Cilka se encuentra de nuevo hacinada en un tren de ganado que la transportar a Vorkuta, el gulag de Siberia situado a noventa y nueve millas del Crculo en el que deber cumplir con ms de diez aos de condena de trabajos forzados. Por fortuna, Cilka consigue convertirse en ayudante en la enfermera del gulag y all conocer a Ivan Kovac, convaleciente a causa del maltrato y la desnutricin, y poco a poco se enamoran. Cilka descubrir su capacidad humana para el amor, la generosidad y la supervivencia, y lograr mantener viva la esperanza en este terrible y desolado lugar.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The new novel by Heather Morris, author of The Tattoo Artist of Auschwitz.
A novel based on an extraordinary true story of love and survival.
Beauty was his condemnation and love his salvation.
At only sixteen years old, the Jewish prisoner Cilka Klein was made the concubine of one of the commanders of Auschwitz-Birkenau. She was saved from dying of starvation, disease, or in the gas chambers, but, after liberation, she was accused of collaborating with and spying on the NKVD, the brutal Soviet secret police. And so, for the second time in three years, Cilka finds herself again crammed into a cattle train that will transport her to Vorkuta, the Siberian gulag located ninety-nine miles from the Circle where she will have to serve more than ten years of hard labor. Fortunately, Cilka manages to become an assistant in the gulag infirmary and there she meets Ivan Kovac, convalescing from abuse and malnutrition, and little by little they fall in love. Fortunately, Cilka manages to become an assistant in the gulag infirmary and there she meets Ivan Kovac, convalescing from abuse and malnutrition, and little by little they fall in love. Cilka will discover her human capacity for love, generosity and survival, and will manage to keep hope alive in this terrible and desolate place.