Fugitive Pieces: A Novel (Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction) Paperback - 1998
by Anne Michaels
Published to rapturous acclaim, this fiercely concentrated and beautifully written novel tells the story of a Polish Jew who, at the age of seven, after seeing his parents murdered by the Nazis, is resurrected by a Greek scientist, and transformed from a half-wild survivor into a scholar and translator who extracts meaning from the unfathomable horror of our time.
Summary
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Time is a blind guide.
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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.
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- Title Fugitive Pieces: A Novel (Winner of the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction)
- Author Anne Michaels
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Paperback Ed
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date May 26, 1998
- ISBN 9780679776598 / 0679776591
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.2 x 0.64 in (20.37 x 13.21 x 1.63 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Topical: Holocaust
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, War stories
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96036678
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- New York Times, 06/14/1998, Page 32
- Publishers Weekly, 01/10/2000, Page 59
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