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Wartime Lies
by Louis Begley
ISBN: 0449001172
ISBN-13: 9780449001172
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Fleeing Nazi persecution of the Jews, a Polish boy and his aunt construct a pattern of lies and deceptions to save their lives-and are forever changed.
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"Embedded in Begley's narrative...is a meditation on authoritarianism of great subtlety and originality." -- Janet Malcom
-- New York Review of Books
"A virtuoso (and virtuous) accomplishment...Raises fresh and risky questions about quarry and hunter, volition and obedience, decency and ideology." -- Cynthia Ozick
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Fawcett Books
Published date: 1992
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.4 pounds
Pages: 197
Publisher's Notes
A haunting, unforgettable novel about an orphaned boy and his gallant aunt, and how, assuming false identities, they survive the horrors of war. Louis Begley's extraordinary novel is a work of wisdom and lyric power about the complex, terrifying process of growing up when the adult world has become insane.
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Wartime Lies
Begley, Louis
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