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Fugitive Pieces|Anne Michaels

Fugitive Pieces : A Novel (WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION)

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Lannan Literary Fiction Award
Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award

In 1940, Jakob Beer, a seven-year-old boy, bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, where he has buried himself to hide from Nazi soldiers who have killed his family. Though he should have died with his family, he has not only survived but been rescued by a Greek geologist. With this electrifying backdrop, Anne Michaels propels us into her rapturously acclaimed novel of loss, memory, history, and redemption. Michaels lets us witness Jakob's transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artis who extracts meaning from the abyss. Filled with mysterious symmetries and rendered in heart-stopping prose, Fugitive Pieces is a triumphant work.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780679776598
  • ISBN-10: 0679776591
  • Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: May 1998
  • Dimensions: 8.02 x 5.2 x 0.64 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
  • Page Count: 304

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