The Book of Dirt - Couverture souple

Presser, Bram

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925240266 ISBN 13 : 9781925240269

Editeur : The Text Publishing Company, 2017

Synopsis

*Winner of The Christina Stead Prize for Fiction*

*Winner of The UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing*

*Winner of The People's Choice Award*



Jakub Rand flees his village for Prague, only to find himself trapped by the Nazi occupation. Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, he is forced to sort through Jewish books for a so-called Museum of the Extinct Race. Hidden among the rare texts is a tattered prayer book, hollow inside, containing a small pile of dirt. Back in the city, Frantiska Roubickova picks over the embers of her failed marriage, despairing of her conversion to Judaism. When the Nazis summon her two eldest daughters for transport, she must sacrifice everything to save the girls from certain death. Decades later, Bram Presser embarks on a quest to find the truth behind the stories his family built around these remarkable survivors - a heart-warming story about a grandson's devotion to the power of storytelling and his family's legacy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bram Presser was born in Melbourne in 1976. His stories have appeared in Best Australian Stories, Award Winning Australian Writing, The Sleepers Almanac and Higher Arc.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Text Publishing Company
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925240266
• ISBN 13: 9781925240269
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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