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Pnina Moed Kass
Real Time Reprint edition
Pnina Moed Kass
Set in contemporary Israel, this powerful novel is narrated in real time by many voices: Sixteen-year-old Thomas, from Berlin, seeking answers to questions about his grandfather, a Nazi officer in World War II. Vera from Odessa, reclaiming her Jewish heritage. Baruch Ben Tov, a Holocaust survivor. Sameh Laham, illegally employed at a diner. His boss. Samehs friend Omar. A Palestinian doctor in an Israeli hospital. A mother. A soldier.
A newscaster . . .
Minute by minute, hour by hour, these lives and many others unfoldand then intersect in one violent moment on a highway outside Jerusalem. Each is drastically and irrevocably changed. What do secrets, hopes, dreams, and future plans mean after such a catastrophe? Can what was destroyed be made whole again?
192 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 24, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780618691746 |
Publishers | HarperCollins |
Pages | 192 |
Dimensions | 201 × 132 × 18 mm · 160 g |
Language | English |
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