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Available
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Publication
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1974), Edition: 1st, 179 pages
Description
As the Germans advance into Poland in 1939, Elisha Pomeranz, a Jewish mathematician and watchmaker, escapes into the wintry forest, leaving behind his beautiful, intelligent wife, Stefa. After the war, having evaded the concentration camps, they begin to build new lives - Stefa in Stalin's Russia and Elisha in Israel, where, as they seek their reunion, another war is brewing.
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LibraryThing member whitewavedarling
There are passages in this book that not only swept me up, but forced me to read and re-read them, again and again, before I could move on. As ever, Oz's prose is powerful and lyrical, and his characters slip off the page and into your thoughts as if you're seeing them and feeling their emotions
Simply, Oz is one of my favorite writers, and this book didn't disappoint.
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and their frustrations at every turn. Here, the taciturn natures kept them more distanced than usual, but they somehow felt all the more magical for it.Simply, Oz is one of my favorite writers, and this book didn't disappoint.
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Physical description
179 p.; 8.6 inches
ISBN
0151908737 / 9780151908738