About the book: 1995 / Psychological drama, in the center of the narrative of which is the relationship between the commandant of a fascist concentration camp and his prisoner, a young Jewish woman. The theme of “executioner and victim” is turned to the reader with unexpected, sometimes paradoxical facets and, in combination with the aesthetic style of prose, produces a stunning effect. “The Commandant’s Mistress” is the first novel by the American writer Sherry Seman, a teacher at the University of Ohio.