Indecent Dreams - Softcover

Lustig, Arnost

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0810109093 ISBN 13: 9780810109094

Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1990

Synopsis

In these three novellas, Arnost Lustig explores the existential interiors of those at the margin of disaster. A German prostitute assigned to Prague, a girl in a Nazi home for orphans, and a young woman working as a cashier in a movie theater lose themselves in a world of cruelty and collapsing social order--while their inner worlds teem with sexual fantasy, naïve idealism, vengefulness, and visions of justice. Yet these so-called indecent dreams cannot compare with the obscenity of cruelty and domination legitimated by the Nazi imagination.

About this title

About the Author:

Holocaust survivor Arnost Lustig was born in Prague in 1926. Lustig became a radio reporter and upon his return from Prague with his mother. Currently, Lustig teaches at the American University in Washington, D. C. Lustig's short story selections include Children of the Holocaust, Indecent Dreams, and Street of Lost Brothers. His awards include an Emmy, a National Jewish Book Award, and the Karel Capek Award for Literary Achievement by President Valclav Havel.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Czech (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0810109093
• ISBN 13: 9780810109094
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 159