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There, Where the Pepper Grows

Name: There, Where the Pepper Grows
Author: Bem Le Hunte
ISBN: 9780732279912

by Bem Le Hunte

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Synopsis

"We are sailing down the Hoogly River, inland towards Calcutta. I am a younger man, and I travel with a group of Polish Jewish refugees. Our lives are cheap and our pockets are empty ... I have two women in my life, and they are both on the same boat: one, a Catholic, whom I have loved since I was a little boy, and another, who is Jewish, whom I have married. I do not know what the future will hold for any of us. I do not know when we will be able to stop wandering... This is the story of Benjamin, who fled his native Poland during the Nazi occupation, aiming to fulfil his father's longheld dream of settling in Palestine. But along the way he and his fellowsurvivors are stranded in Calcutta, and somehow it becomes inevitable that he will stay... There, Where the Pepper Grows is the moving story of a family set against the drama of real historical events. It brings East and West together in an unforgettable novel about a search for refuge and a passionate plea for tolerance." -- Dymocks.