THE SONG AND THE TRUTH
by Ruebsamen, Helga
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- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375402616
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402616
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2000. First American Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine, convincing novel.which depicts in spirit the writer's childhood, shows how someone can turn at a very young age from being a participant to being an outsider. And how one takes refuge in fairy tales when the harsh light of the real world [WW II] has wrought."-De Volkskrant. 'Ruebsamen casts a Proustian spell."--Publisherly Weekly
Synopsis
Helga Ruebsamen was born in 1934 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and spent her early childhood on Java. In 1939 her family traveled to Europe, and they stayed in Holland throughout the war. She worked as a journalist for Het Vaderland , a newspaper in The Hague, before becoming a freelance writer. She is the author of five collections of short stories and two previous novels. The Song and the Truth is her first work to be published in English.
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- Title
- THE SONG AND THE TRUTH
- Author
- Ruebsamen, Helga
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375402616
- ISBN 13
- 9780375402616
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- WORLD WAR II DUTCH WEST INDIES JEWISH FAMILY CULTURE UNDERGROUND
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