| A Scrap of Time and Other Stories Contributor(s): Fink, Ida (Author), Prose, Francine (Translator), Levine, Madeline G. (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810112590 ISBN-13: 9780810112599 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1995 Annotation: A Scrap of Time is a haunting collection of stories about life in Poland during World War II. These shattering stories describe the lives of ordinary people as they are compelled to do the unimaginable: a couple who must decide what to do with their five-year-old daughter as the Gestapo come to march them out of town; a wife whose safety depends on her acquiescence in her husband's love affair; a girl who must pay a grim price for an Aryan identity card. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Christian - General - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95015281 |
| Series: Jewish Lives |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.48" W x 8.67" (0.54 lbs) 165 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Named a New York Times Notable Book Winner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize Winner of the Anne Frank Prize These shattering stories describe the lives of ordinary people as they are compelled to do the unimaginable: a couple who must decide what to do with their five-year-old daughter as the Gestapo come to march them out of town; a wife whose safety depends on her acquiescence in her husband's love affair; a girl who must pay a grim price for an Aryan identity card. |