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008    171020s2017    nyu           000 1 eng  
010      2017015970
020    9781628728033 |q(hardcover) |q(alkaline paper)
020    1628728035 |q(hardcover) |q(alkaline paper)
035    (OCoLC)ocn973918435
035    260092
042    pcc
049    LHMA
041 1  eng |hfre
040    DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBTCTA |dBDX |dYDX |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dNZAUC |dLHM
050 00 PQ2686.Y58 |bD5713 2017
100 1  Zylberman, Ruth, |d1971- |eauthor.
240 10 Direction de l'absent. |lEnglish
245 14 The Department of Missing Persons : |ba novel / |cRuth Zylberman ; translated by Grace McQuillan.
263    1709
264  1 New York : |bArcade Publishing, |c2017.
300    pages cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
520    "A startling debut novel about the burden of Holocaust memory and the implacable zest for life. Thirty-six years after her mother was liberated from Auschwitz, the unnamed narrator lives a comfortable life in Paris. Her mother sees ghosts at every turn, longing to find the family that disappeared behind the miasma of the Holocaust, but she cannot reconcile her mother's trauma to the cheery bustle of daily life that surrounds them. The pain of memories that are not hers haunt her, weighing all too heavily until she is incapacitated by them, unable forge her own future. As our narrator becomes further entrenched in the past, a letter is sent by the Department of Missing Persons suggesting that her grandfather is not dead, though details of his survival and current situation are unknown. Along with her mother, the narrator begins a desperate hunt, fighting through the past and present, love and loss, and her own vulnerabilities to find the truth and rid them both of their lingering ghosts" -- |cProvided by publisher.
546    Originally published in French under the title La direction de l'absent (Paris : Christian Bourgois éditeur, 2015).
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 Mothers and daughters |vFiction.
650  0 Jews, Polish |zFrance |zParis |vFiction.
650  0 Holocaust survivors |vFiction.
650  0 Psychic trauma |vFiction.
655  7 Fiction. |2lcgft
700 1  McQuillan, Grace, |etranslator.
765 0  Zylberman, Ruth, 1971- |tDirection de l'absent |dParis : Christian Bourgois éditeur, 2015 |h177 pages ; 20 cm |w(DLC) 2015425301
776 08  |iOnline version:Zylberman, Ruth, 1971- author. |tDepartment of Missing Persons |dNew York : Arcade Publishing, 2017 |z9781628728064 |w(DLC) 2017022996
852 0   |bstacks |hPQ2686.Y58 |iD5713 2017