Anya
Anya is a myth, an epic...[by] a writer of remarkable power.—Washington PostAnya Savikin lived among well-to-do Russian Jews in Poland, in a world more like Tolstoy's than our own, until the first bombing of Warsaw and the chaos that ensued. Her story incarnates the strength and love of...
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Anya is a myth, an epic...[by] a writer of remarkable power.—Washington PostAnya Savikin lived among well-to-do Russian Jews in Poland, in a world more like Tolstoy's than our own, until the first bombing of Warsaw and the chaos that ensued. Her story incarnates the strength and love of eastern European Jewry, before and after their decimation. Reading group guide included.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393325218 (0393325210)
ASIN: 393325210
Publish date: February 17th 2004
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
War,
Jewish,
World War II,
Holocaust,
Poland
NO SPOILERSFinished: Most of us have read about the genocide of Jews in WW2, so why read another book on this subject? What will it give the reader that the others haven't? First of all the crimes of WW2 are just so mind boggling that there is no definitive answer. There is always more to consider. ...