Jean-Claude Grumberg

The Most Precious of Cargoes (eBook, ePUB)

A Fable of the Holocaust
Übersetzer: Wynne, Frank

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'A magnificent small book to read urgently' Libération

Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child.

On a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train.

While foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . .

Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529019599
• Artikelnr.: 58750173

Autorenporträt

Jean-Claude Grumberg has been a renowned and successful playwright and scriptwriter for over forty years. He is the author of eight plays and stories for children, and has also worked as a director.

Rezensionen

A magnificent small book to read urgently Libération