Fiction, Historical, 20th Century, World War II, Humorous, Literary, Biographical, Coming of Age, Family Life, Jewish, Magical Realism
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Synopsis
"An astonishing feat" THE TIMES
A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a "blind" old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis Jr, Jr. What they are looking for seems elusive -- a truth hidden behind veils of time, language and the horrors of war. What they find turns all their worlds upside down.
Book Details
Published
June 5, 2003
Publisher
Penguin
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780141008257