- Fiction, general, World War, 1939-1945, Fiction
As the Nazi war machine smashes into Poland, a young Jewish boy living near Warsaw is forced to flee with his aunt, Tania, and the two enter into a secret life of forged papers, false identifies, and constant movement.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and bleak.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Louis Begley
- First published
- 1991
- Pages
- 203
- Publisher
- Blackstone Pub, Ivy Books, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9700804109909
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