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A cult novel and film adaptation about prostitutes in a forced labor camp. The fourth edition is supplemented with authentic period materials.

A grotesque and quirky story of Bratislava prostitutes, who are subjected to "re-education" by the communist regime in a forced labor camp, aiming to turn them into conscious citizens. The novel's story takes place in 1969, shortly after the Iron Curtain descended, and thus the ladies of the oldest profession—young Ernička, experienced Manda, dancer Carmen, and body masseuse and gambler Ria Amala—find themselves in the camp, where they join hundreds of men labeled by the regime as political subversives and class enemies. In strict camp isolation, these fallen women endure violent re-education methods, which in the following decades would become part of the lives of millions behind the Iron Curtain.

The story also carries an Orwellian dimension, showing a world where a perverse philosophy of social engineering prevails, and disobedient citizens face the threat of elimination in Stalinist camps. The novel achieved significant reader success, was published in multiple editions, and was also adapted into a successful film. The Camp of Fallen Women is one of the most thematically expansive works of contemporary �������� and Central European literature.