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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Scribner
Publication date
February 2, 2016
Pages
285
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781501115196
ISBN-10
1501115197
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight
0.86 lbs.
Original list price
$25.00
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Goodnight, Beautiful Women | Pumpkinflowers | And After the Fire | Mischling | The Beautiful Possible | Fifty Shades of Talmud | Saving Sophie | The Tsar of Love and Techno | Here I Am
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A radiant debut collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, set in a German-occupied town in Poland, where tales of myth and folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.
1942. With the Nazi Party at the height of its power, the occupying army empties Polandâs towns and cities of their Jewish populations. As neighbor turns on neighbor and survival often demands unthinkable choices, Poland has become a moral quagmireâa place of shifting truths and blinding ambiguities.
Blending folklore and fact, Helen Maryles Shankman shows us the people of Wlodawa, a remote Polish town: we meet a cold-blooded SS officer dedicated to rescuing the creator of his sonâs favorite picture book, even as he helps exterminate the artistâs friends and family; a Messiah who appears in a little boyâs bedroom to announce that he is quitting; a young Jewish girl who is hidden by the townâs most outspoken anti-Semiteâand his talking dog. And walking among these tales are two unforgettable figures: the enigmatic and silver-tongued Willy Reinhart, Commandant of the forced labor camp who has grand schemes to protect âhisâ Jews, and Soroka, the Jewish saddlemaker and his family, struggling to survive.
Channeling the mythic magic of classic storytellers like Sholem Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer and the psychological acuity of modern-day masters like Nicole Krauss and Nathan Englander, In the Land of Armadillos is a testament to the persistence of humanity in the most inhuman conditions.
1942. With the Nazi Party at the height of its power, the occupying army empties Polandâs towns and cities of their Jewish populations. As neighbor turns on neighbor and survival often demands unthinkable choices, Poland has become a moral quagmireâa place of shifting truths and blinding ambiguities.
Blending folklore and fact, Helen Maryles Shankman shows us the people of Wlodawa, a remote Polish town: we meet a cold-blooded SS officer dedicated to rescuing the creator of his sonâs favorite picture book, even as he helps exterminate the artistâs friends and family; a Messiah who appears in a little boyâs bedroom to announce that he is quitting; a young Jewish girl who is hidden by the townâs most outspoken anti-Semiteâand his talking dog. And walking among these tales are two unforgettable figures: the enigmatic and silver-tongued Willy Reinhart, Commandant of the forced labor camp who has grand schemes to protect âhisâ Jews, and Soroka, the Jewish saddlemaker and his family, struggling to survive.
Channeling the mythic magic of classic storytellers like Sholem Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer and the psychological acuity of modern-day masters like Nicole Krauss and Nathan Englander, In the Land of Armadillos is a testament to the persistence of humanity in the most inhuman conditions.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Scribner (February 2, 2016)
9781501115196 | details & prices | 285 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.86 lbs | List price $25.00
About: A radiant debut collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, set in a German-occupied town in Poland, where tales of myth and folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.
About: A radiant debut collection of linked stories from a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, set in a German-occupied town in Poland, where tales of myth and folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Scribner (October 4, 2016)
9781501115219 | details & prices | 304 pages | List price $16.00
About: Finalist for the 2017 Story Prize Honorable Mention in the 2017 ALA Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish Literature âAn absolutely dazzling triumphâ¦A singularly inventive collectionâ (Jewish Book Council) of linked stories set in a German-occupied town in Poland during World War II, where tales of myth and folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.
About: Finalist for the 2017 Story Prize Honorable Mention in the 2017 ALA Sophie Brody Medal for achievement in Jewish Literature âAn absolutely dazzling triumphâ¦A singularly inventive collectionâ (Jewish Book Council) of linked stories set in a German-occupied town in Poland during World War II, where tales of myth and folklore meet the real-life monsters of the Nazi invasion.
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