The hangwoman
By: Pavel Kohout ; translated from the Czech by Kača Poláčková-Henley.
Publisher: Putnam
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
First sentence: It was on Maundy Thursday that Lizinka Tachezy learned she had failed her entrance examination for the Drama Conservatory.
Description: Just when it appears that fifteen-year-old Lizinka Tachezy is doomed to become as useless as her unhappy mother, an employment counselor has a brilliant idea: send the angelic Lizinka to hangman's school.
Notes: Translation of Katyně.