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"Holocaust survivor Jakob Beer, a Jewish boy in Poland is saved from death by a Greek scientist who takes him home to his island, where Beer develops an interest in archeology. In the second part of the novel, in Canada, the 60-year-old Jakob meets a empathetic young professor who helps him confront his past."
""The interlocking stories of three men of different generations whose lives are transformed by the events and shifting effects of the same war:" Jakob Beer, traumatically orphaned as a young boy during the Second World War, Athos Roussos, the scientist scholar who takes him in, and Ben, a young professor in Toronto."
"The stories of two men from different generations whose lives have been transformed by war. A young boy, Jakob Beer, is rescued from the mud of a buried Polish city during World War II and taken to an island in Greece by an unlikely saviour, the scientist/humanist Athos Roussos."
"A tale of Holocaust survivor Jakob Beer, a Jewish boy in Poland who is saved from death by a Greek scientist. At home on the scientist's island, Beer develops an interest in archeology and the way the Nazis manipulated archeology to prove the superiority of the Aryan race."
""Jakob Beer is seven years old when he is rescued from the muddy ruins of a buried village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Of his family, he is the only one who has survived. Under the guidance of Greek geologist Athos, Jakob must steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history."--Back cover description."
"The novel tells the interlocking story of two men from different generations whose lives have been transformed by war."
"A tale of Holocaust survival whose protagonist is Jakob Beer, a Jewish boy in Poland. He is saved from death by a Greek scientist who takes him home to his island, where Beer develops an interest in archeology. He describes the way the Nazis manipulated archeology to prove the superiority of the Aryan race. A first novel."
"In 1940 a boy bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, where he has buried himself to hide from the soldiers who murdered his family. His name is Jakob Beer. He is only seven years old. And although by all rights he should have shared the fate of the other Jews in his village, he has not only survived but been rescued by a Greek geologist, who does not recognize the boy as human until he begins to cry. With this electrifying image, Anne Michaels ushers us into her rapturously acclaimed novel of loss, memory, history, and redemption. As Michaels follows Jakob across two continents, she lets us witness his transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artist who extracts meaning from its abyss."@en
"A New York Times Notable Book of the YearWinner of the Lannan Literary Fiction AwardWinner of the Guardian Fiction AwardIn 1940 a boy bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, where he has buried himself to hide from the soldiers who murdered his family. His name is Jakob Beer. He is only seven years old. And although by all rights he should have shared the fate of the other Jews in his village, he has not only survived but been rescued by a Greek geologist, who does not recognize the boy as human until he begins to cry. With this electrifying image, Anne Michaels ushers us into her rapturously acclaimed novel of loss, memory, history, and redemption.As Michaels follows Jakob across two continents, she lets us witness his transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artist who extracts meaning from its abyss. Filled with mysterious symmetries and rendered in heart-stopping prose, Fugitive Pieces is a triumphant work, a book that should not so much be read as it should be surrendered to. From the Trade Paperback edition."
"Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud of a buried Polish city during World War II and taken to a Greek island by the humanist Athos Roussos. They spend the last years of the Occupation in Athos' house, a precious refuge made lavish with art. After the war, Athos accepts an invitation to the University of Toronto's new Geography department, and Jakob learns the terrain of the city just as he discovers the insistent nature of the layered past. His loss surfaces in all its complexity as does the haunting question of his sister's fate."@en
"Canadian author, story about two men, akob Beer rescued during WWII."
"Tells how World War II affected the lives of three men from different generations."@en
"Published to rapturous acclaim, this fiercely concentrated and beautifully written novel tells the story of a Polish Jew who, at the age of seven, after seeing his parents murdered by the Nazis, is resurrected by a Greek scientist, and transformed from a half-wild survivor into a scholar and translator who extracts meaning from the unfathomable horror of our time."@en
"Een jonge hoogleraar ontmoet een oudere joodse dichter en ontdekt dat hun beider leven getekend is door de Tweede Wereldoorlog."
"In a war-torn Polish city, Jakob Beer, a seven-year-old Jewish boy, buries himself in the mud to hide from the Nazi soldiers who have murdered his family. A Greek geologist recognizes him as human because he's crying, pulls him out and spirits Jakob to safety. Decades later and half a world away, Jakob meets Ben, a young professor whose parents survived the Holocaust. The two men's stories intertwine in an unforgettable exploration of grief and redemption."@en
"Debut novel, which won the Orange Prize 1997. Tells the interlocking stories of two men from different generations, whose lives are transformed by war."@en

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"Powieść kanadyjska w języku angielskim"
"Belletristische Darstellung"
"Psychological fiction"@en
"Psychological fiction"
"Electronic books"@en
"Electronic books"
"Fiction"@en
"Fiction"
"Canadian fiction"@en
"War stories"@en
"War stories"
"Psychologica fiction"
"Anglické romány"
"General fiction"
"Book club kit"@en
"Roman canadien de langue anglaise"
"Verhalend proza"
"Romans (teksten)"

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"Bēgļu etīdes"
"Piao bo shou ji = Fugitive pieces"
"漂泊手记"
"Rejtőzködő töredékek : [regény]"@hu
"Fugitive pieces : [a novel]"
"Copëza Shtegtare : roman"
"Som sand"
"Copëza shtegtare : roman"
"La mémoire en fuite"
"FUGITIVE PIECES: A Novel"@en
"רסיסים"
"儚い光"
"La mémoire en fuite : roman"
"Kartini ot skitanii︠a︡"
"Piao po shou ji"
"Fluchstucke = Fugitive pieces"
"Atmintis bėglė : romanas"
"Peças em fuga"
"Fluchtstucke"
"Piezas en fuga"@es
"Piezas en fuga"
"Kommátia fugês"
"Ubežni delci"
"Ubežni delci"@sl
"Minnen av flykt"
"Minnen av flykt"@sv
"Flygtige stykker : roman"@da
"Flygtige stykker : roman"
"Verborgen verleden"
"Kommatia phyges"
"Prchavé okamžiky"
"Resisim"
"Bölük pörçük yasa̧mlar : roman"
"Fluchtstücke Roman"
"Fugitive pieces"@en
"Pagevad killud"
"Fugitive pieces"
"Fugitive Pieces"
"Peças em fuga : romance"
"Puti pami︠a︡ti : roman"
"Hakanai hikari"
"Hakanai hikari"@ja
"Κομματια φυγες"
"Rejtőzködő töredékek"
"Fugitive pieces [a novel]"
"漂泊手记 = Fugitive pieces"
"<&gt"@he
"Piao bo shou ji"
"Hakanai hikari / Fugitive pieces / Anne Michaels"
"Płomyki pamięci"@pl
"Płomyki pamięci"
"Fluchtstücke : Roman"
"Kivenkantajat"@fi
"漂泊手記"

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