Arnošt Lustig: Nemilovaná - CDmp3 (Čte Jitka Molavcová)

DIARY WITH DAVID'S STAR She is seventeen years old. She is beautiful, and her name sparkles with beauty: her name is Perla. What do other girls her age dream about? First loves, new dresses for the dance... And what do they fear? A strict math teacher, the graduation committee... In 1943, when the events of Lustig's novel take place, they have other worries. The war has brought them. But Perla has more than worries; Perla is afraid. Like hundreds of thousands of others, she had to leave her home one day and board a transport. Final destination: Terezín. For now. But how long can 'for now' last, at the end of which waits a train with a long line of carriages, in which she will ride to death? Perla plays a game with fate and bets the only thing she has left: herself. Even in the conditions of Terezín, where they lost their names and became numbers, people remained 'just people' again. Women remained women. And men remained men. Even in the Nazi-guarded ghetto, people long for love. Perla engages in the world's oldest profession. She is willing to do anything to delay the journey into the unknown. Hourly lovers pay Perla for love with practical things, which the girl carefully records in her diary. And the influential Mr. L. can arrange for her registration card to disappear from selection at just the right time...