Hardcover, 8vo, 206 pages, 21 cm. Contents: The return -- Rose Street -- The children -- Moral education -- Stephen and Anne -- Blue flames -- Hope. Short stories. Lustig (1926–2011) , was a “Czech writer, screenwriter, and journalist. Born in Prague, Lustig was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942 and later to a number of others, including Auschwitz and Buchenwald. At the end of the war he managed to escape from the death train and reach Prague, where he later graduated from the School of Political and Social Sciences. Lustig’s work is based mainly on his tragic experiences in concentration camps and postwar life in his homeland. He made his literary debut with the collection of stories Night and Hope (1958) filmed as Z. Brynych’s A Transport from Paradise (1962) . Much of Lustig’s fiction has been translated into several languages. In 2004 he was awarded the Vladislav Vancura Prize. From 2004 Lustig lived in Prague” (Dagan and Pojar in EJ 2010) . Dust jacket in excellent condition. Light wear to binding. Excellent condition. Beautiful copy. (Holo2-71-8A)