The Woman from Hamburg
and Other True Stories
$27.47
- Paperback
268 pages
- Release Date
17 April 2006
Summary
In twelve nonfiction tales, Hanna Krall reveals how the lives of World War II survivors are shaped in surprising ways by the twists and turns of historical events. A paralytic Jewish woman starts walking after her husband is suffocated by fellow Jews afraid that his coughing would reveal their hiding place to the Germans. A young American man refuses to let go of the ghost of his half brother who died in the Warsaw ghetto. He never knew the boy, yet he learns Polish to communicate with his dy…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590512234 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590512235 |
| Author: | Hanna Krall |
| Publisher: | Other Press LLC |
| Imprint: | Other Press LLC |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 268 |
| Release Date: | 17 April 2006 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
New York Times Paperback Row Ihsan Taylor A Polish journalist, Krall is drawn to unusual stories of World War II survivors, Jews and non-Jews alike, and portrays how they lived, died and coexisted. Our reviewer, Elena Lappin, said Krall “reports the basic facts but adds a novelistic twist, weaving her interviews into elegant, multilayered narratives.”
About The Author
Hanna Krall
Hanna KrallHanna Krall was born in Warsaw in 1937 and was a reporter for Polityka from 1957 until 1981, when martial law was imposed and her publications were banned. The recipient of numerous international literary awards, her books have been translated into 15 languages. She lives in Warsaw.Madeline G. LevineMadeline G. Levine was Czeslaw Milosz’s prose translator. Her translation of Ida Fink’s A Scrap of Time and Other Stories was awarded the PEN Book-of-the Month Club Translation Prize.
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