Under a Cruel Star - A life in Prague 1941-1968

Informationen zum Autor Heda Kovaly was born Heda Bloch in Prague in 1919, the daughter of a prosperous Jewish couple. She survived imprisonment and forced labour under the Nazi regime, during which time both her parents were killed. She escaped from a labour camp in 1945 and returned to her native Prague, where she was re-united with her husband, Rudolf Margolius, who was later executed in a communist show-trial. Following the trial Heda and her son left Prague for America, where Heda worked as a translator and later as a librarian at Harvard University School of Law. She returned to Prague in 1996 where she later passed away, aged 91, in 2010. Helen Epstein is a veteran arts journalist and translator of ten books of non-fiction. Born in Prague, she grew up in New York City. Klappentext A classic account of life under Nazism and Stalinism that will appeal to fans of Alone in Berlin and Stasiland Zusammenfassung A classic account of life under Nazism and Stalinism that will appeal to fans of Alone in Berlin and Stasiland

Product details

• Authors: Heda Kovaly, Heda Margolius Kovaly, Heda Kovály
• Assisted by: Franci Epstein (Translation), Helen Epstein (Translation), Epstein Helen (Translation)
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9781847084767
• ISBN: 978-1-84708-476-7
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 218 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1950 to c 1959, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), C 1945 To C 1960, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs