{"product_id":"the-tattooist-of-auschwitz-heather-morris-2018","title":"The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Tattooist of Auschwitz (First UK Edition in Original Dust Jacket)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bestselling Novel Drawn from Lale Sokolov's Testimony of Love and Survival at Auschwitz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Tattooist of Auschwitz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heather Morris\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zaffre Publishing, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781785763649\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e First published in Great Britain by Zaffre in 2018.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's dark cloth boards with printed dust jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Standard hardcover, trade size. Maps are noted on the copyright page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very Good (VG)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Boards:\u003c\/strong\u003e Under the jacket the dark cloth boards are clean, with only a few tiny pale specks. The binding appears square and sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text is clean, with no markings visible. The page edges are clean and lightly toned, and the binding appears sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oval address label on the red front endpaper reading 'Arlene \u0026amp; Neil Sanford, P O Box 3156, Rivonia, 2128'.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Present, with good colours but worn at the spine head, where there is chipping and tearing. There is edge wear and there are small tears at the top corner and fore-edge. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Zaffre in London in 2018, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a novel based on the memories of Lale Sokolov, a Slovak Jew imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1942 and put to work tattooing numbers on fellow prisoners. Among those he marked was a young woman, and the love that grew between them is the heart of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Morris built the story from conversations with Sokolov held over about three years. She first wrote it as a screenplay before reshaping it as her debut novel. It became an international bestseller and was adapted as a six-part television series in 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book has also drawn criticism. The Auschwitz Memorial Research Center has questioned details of the account and argued that reliance on one survivor's late recollections simplifies the history of the camp. Readers will find it valuable both as a hugely popular work of Holocaust-themed fiction and as a talking point in the debate over how such testimony is turned into narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collectible copy of a widely read modern title, in its original dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Heather Morris\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Morris is a New Zealand native who now lives in Australia. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she was introduced to an elderly man who might have a story worth telling. He was Lale Sokolov, and their conversations became the foundation of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tattooist of Auschwitz was her debut novel. 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