Literary Fiction · MelancholicA seven-year-old survives a raid on his family's home in Poland and is found by a Greek geologist
Fugitive Pieces
A boy who survives the war in Poland is rescued by a Greek geologist and grows up to be a poet
Seven-year-old Jakob Beer survives when Nazis storm his family's home in Poland, hides in the forest and is found by Athos Roussos, a geologist and archaeologist. Jakob becomes a poet, and the story moves to Greece and Toronto. The book has two parts. In Book II, set in Canada, including Weston, Ontario, Ben, a professor born to Holocaust survivors, comes into the story. McClelland & Stewart published it in Canada on May 11, 1996.
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Who
Jakob Beer, a Holocaust survivor and later a poet; Athos Roussos, who rescues him; and Ben, a Canadian professor born to survivors.
World
Poland, Greece and Canada, including Toronto.
What makes it different
It has two parts. It won the Orange Prize and the Guardian Fiction Prize, among others.
Feel
Lyrical and solemn.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Fugitive PiecesWikipedia