The Most Precious of Cargoes

Set during the height of World War II, a powerful and unsettling tale about a woodcutter and his wife, who finds a mysterious parcel thrown from a passing train. Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home. Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jean-Claude Grumberg
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 25.08.2020
• EAN: 9780062981790
• ISBN: 978-0-06-298179-0
• Pages: 112
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 181 mm x 15 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits); Romance, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Short Stories, Narrative theme: Politics, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Holidays and celebrations, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Romance in uniform, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: War & Military, FICTION: Historical / World War II, LITERATURE: HISTORICAL, FICTION: Political, FICTION: Romance / Military, FICTION: Jewish, LITERATURE: LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales, Literature / Literature in Translation, Literature / Historical