Abstract
Jutka, a Czech girl in her twenties, decides to go West. She makes it to Italy, is discovered as an illegal and sent to an Austrian refugee camp. She is gang-raped, escapes from the camp, hitchhikes all over Europe and returns to the camp in time to learn America has accepted her as a political refugee. By the author of Truck Stop Rainbows. Translated from the Czech by David Powelstock.