- Taschenbuch: 208 Seiten
- Verlag: Vintage; Auflage: New edition (21. Januar 1993)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0099212315
- ISBN-13: 978-0099212317
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,4 x 12,8 x 1,8 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.397.276 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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From Kirkus Reviews
A novel of strong ideas by Prager (a story collection, A Visit From the Footbinder, 1982) that's let down by characters with less- than-riveting credibility. For her 40th birthday, New Yorker Eve, increasingly aware of her fellow-citizens' ``compassion fatigue,'' decides to have the number of a female Holocaust victim, seen in an old photograph, tattooed on her wrist. This memento mori, which Eve compares to the MIA bracelets that she and her friends used to wear, will (she hopes) provoke questions; keep the woman's memory alive; and generally raise consciousness about the Nazis' treatment of women. Eve's action upsets her French lover, Charles, who now reveals that he's actually Jewish and not Catholic as she had supposed. When Eve refuses to have the tattoo removed, Charles moves out. Soon Eve is busy telling stories about Eva, the victim, to anyone who asks, though it's a somewhat select group. This Eva has many incarnations: from a Jewish mother and her baby trying to hide to a Catholic social-worker horrified by the Nazis' treatment of the handicapped and mentally ill. Each incarnation represents some aspect of Nazi policies, which Eve has been reading up on. An accident in which her tattoo is covered by stitches provides the catharsis. Eve finds out to whom the number really belonged; Charles returns; and she finally feels that the experiment was worthwhile. A provocative theme, and the individual Eva stories are good; but Eve and her friends are a very wooden group, whose stagy conversations and banal apercus trivialize the novel's underlying premise. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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From Library Journal
The plot of this novel, the author's second, concerns a woman, Eve, who has her forearm tattooed with a serial number mimicking that of an Auschwitz victim. The tattoo is Eve's attempt to atone for her own guilt by association and to immortalize a woman she calls Eva, who died in the Holocaust. It is also a means of compelling her French-Jewish lover to confront his past and of heightening the public's awareness of Nazi crimes. While the situation may seem intriguing, poor writing and an apparent lack of revision or editing render the book almost unreadable. Character is undeveloped, dialog is unconvincing, plot is contrived, word choice is inconsistent and inappropriate, metaphors are cliched and repetitive, and forced satire is incongruously mingled with offensive didacticism. These faults are exacerbated by the pretentious protagonist, who offers unsophisticated and insipid comments in the guise of insight. N ot recommended.
- Ellen Finnie Duranceau, MIT Lib., Cambridge
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
- Ellen Finnie Duranceau, MIT Lib., Cambridge
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Gebundene Ausgabe .
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Not a true classic
13. Oktober 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
but a decent book nevertheless, Eve's Tattoo is more about it's heroines journey through middle-age crisis and less about the Holocaust. Yes, Eva indeed gets a tattoo of the number of the woman from her photograph which reminds her of herself, and yes, she does tell interesting 'tailored to suit stories' to everyone that asks her about it (which is not uninteresting) but on the whole the book mostly deals with Eva's life - her tattoo is a way to show herself that she has some meaning.
I got this book because it was on sale - and I was in army and had nothing better to do. I can say it didn't disappoint me. It's moderately interesting and somewhat even intriguing read - but don't expect it to be life-changing. I'd say borrow it from a library instead.
I got this book because it was on sale - and I was in army and had nothing better to do. I can say it didn't disappoint me. It's moderately interesting and somewhat even intriguing read - but don't expect it to be life-changing. I'd say borrow it from a library instead.
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Chock full of trivia about the Nazi "high regard for the mother"
17. Oktober 2007
Format:Taschenbuch
In today's news, 25% of Germans felt that Nazi rule was not all bad citing the Nazi "high regard for the mother." If not for this book which I agree was not fun to read, I would not have the "trivia" of what it meant to be a German woman in Nazi Germany permanently embedded in my brain. Thanks a lot, Emily Prager. The Nazis turned their aryan women into baby machines compromising the health of women and shortening their life spans all in the name of patriotism. Do you think it was only scary for Jews under Nazi rule? This book tells in a roundabout way how Nazis were/are also the enemy of women.
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Dark and Haunting
8. Dezember 2003
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Prager's novel does suffer at times - there are two or three scenes that don't seem to quite make sense. The character relationships are not as well-developed as they could be. However, it was interesting for me because it explored the female side of the Holocaust: how could Christian women continue to be involved? Eve's motivation - keeping the memory of the victims of the Holocaust alive - is admirable as she forces friends and strangers to remember that no one was safe. The stories that Eve produces, allegedly concocted from her research, are intimate and tailored to her audience. The best scene in the novel to me was when Eve encounters a male Holocaust survivor. Prager's books are hard to find, so good luck at your local used bookstore or library.
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