Ruth Maier's diary
Subtitle: a young girl's life under Nazism
By: edited by Jan Erik Vold ; translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
Contributors: Vold, Jan Erik, 1939-
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9781846552144; 9781846552151
Subjects: Diaries; Jews; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Norwegian Personal narratives; Politics and government; Jüdin; Kind; Judenverfolgung
Work titles: Ruth Maier's Dagbok
Description: In a lucid yet highly lyrical style, with an incisive talent for narrative and a sharp wit, Ruth Maier explores universal themes of isolation, identity, friendship, love, sexuality, desire, morality, justice and sacrifice. Most of all, however, she seeks what it means to be a human being.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

English translation of a German text originally published in Norwegian.