House on Endless Waters

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvEmuna Elon

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'I read this book in excitement and wonder. It's not only a touching and fascinating book, but a sophisticated one as well.' Amos OzLinda Yechiel's English translation is the winner of the 2023 Society of Authors' TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for Hebrew TranslationYoel has always known that his mother escaped the Nazis from Amsterdam. But it is not until after she has died that he finally visits the city of his birth. There, watching an old film clip at the Jewish Historical Museum, he sees a woman with a small child: it is his mother, but the child is not him. So begins a fervent search for the truth that becomes the subject of his magnum opus, revealing Amsterdam's dark wartime history and the underground networks which hid Jewish children away from danger - but at a cost.'[A] jewel box of a novel' - New York Times

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-01-07
Mått129 x 198 x 28 mm
Vikt302 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagAtlantic Books
ISBN9781911630586
ÖversättareAnthony Berris, Linda Yechiel

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Emuna Elon is an internationally bestselling Israeli novelist, journalist, teacher and women's activist, who currently lives in Jerusalem. Her first novel translated into English, If You Awaken Love, was a National Jewish Book Award finalist and House on Endless Waters has been optioned for TV/film adaptation.This novel was translated from its original Hebrew by the late Anthony Berris (1934-2018) and Linda Yechiel, a Canadian-born editor and translator based in Israel.