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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164879803321

Autore

Krall Hanna

Titolo

Chasing the king of hearts / / Hanna Krall ; translated by Philip Boehm ; afterword by Mariusz Szczygiel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : The Feminist Press at CUNY, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-55861-411-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 pages)

Classificazione

FIC019000FIC014000FIC046000FIC051000

Disciplina

863.5

Soggetti

Spouses

Jewish fiction

Historical fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"This canonical work of Polish reportage is a terse, unexpected human lesson born of an occupation-era love story. Based on a true story, the raw interplay of history and fictionalization spans the Warsaw Ghetto, the war-torn countryside, and the nightmare of Auschwitz. This is the book's first US publication. Hanna Krall was born in 1935 in Poland and survived the Holocaust by hiding in a cupboard. She has received numerous Polish and international awards, such as the Polish PEN Club Prize and the German Wurth Preis for European Literature 2012, and has been translated into seventeen languages"--

"When her husband is arrested in Nazi-occupied Poland, Izolda endures the Warsaw Ghetto, Auschwitz, among other trials, to ensure his safety"--