The Most Precious of Cargoes

di Jean-Claude Grumberg (Autore)

Frank Wynne (Traduttore)

Pan Macmillan, 2021

'A magnificent small book to read urgently' Liberation Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child. On a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train. While foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . . Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.

• Autore: Jean-Claude Grumberg
• Traduttore: Frank Wynne
• Editore: Pan Macmillan
• Anno: 2021
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 112 p.
• Dimensioni: 197 x 130 mm
• Peso: 130 gr.
• EAN: 9781529019582

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