Overview
- Summary
- "A dazzling debut novel--the story of a turbulent, unlikely romance, a harrowing account of the lasting horrors of the Second World War, and a searing examination of one man's search for forgiveness and acceptance"-- Provided by publisher.
New York City, 1972. Jaryk Smith, a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Lucy Gardner, a southerner newly arrived in the city, are in the first bloom of love when they receive word that Jaryk's oldest friend has died under mysterious circumstances in a rural village in eastern India. Travelling there to collect his friend's ashes, Jaryk finds himself enmeshed in the chaos of local politics and efforts to stage a play in protest against the government-- the same play that he performed as a child in Warsaw as an act of resistance against the Nazis. Jaryk must decide how to honor both the past and the present, and how to accept a happiness he is not sure he deserves. -- adapted from jacket - Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021
©2021 - Locale
- Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)
New York (N.Y.)
India
Inde
Poland
New York (State)
United States - Edition
- First edition
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- External Link
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Hosted by ProQuest Electronic version(s) available.
- ISBN
- 9780525658924
0525658920 - Physical Description
- x, 286 pages ; 25 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Holocaust survivors--Fiction. Theatrical fiction. Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland)--Fiction. New York (N.Y.)--Fiction. India--Politics and government--Fiction. Survivants de l'Holocauste--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Théâtre--Romans, nouvelles, etc. Inde--Politique et gouvernement--Romans, nouvelles, etc. FICTION / World Literature / India / 20th Century. FICTION / Jewish. FICTION / Historical / General. Theater. Politics and government. Holocaust survivors. Poland--Warsaw--Getto warszawskie. New York (State)--New York. India. Historical fiction. Fiction. Romance fiction. Immigrants--United States--Fiction. Guilt--Fiction. Nineteen seventies--Fiction. India--Social life and customs--Fiction. New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Fiction. Novels.
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