Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, published by Alfred A. Knopf on February 25, 1997, is a first edition novel consisting of 294 pages. This work explores the experiences of Jakob Beer, a survivor of World War II who is orphaned as a child and smuggled out of Poland. The narrative follows his journey from a Greek island to Toronto, reflecting on the impact of trauma and the complexities of memory and language.
Readers will find a deep exploration of themes related to war and its aftermath, as well as the transformative power of language. As Jakob navigates his past, he learns how language can both harm and heal, ultimately shaping his understanding of loss and recovery. This novel delves into the intricacies of grief and the process of remembrance, offering a poignant examination of the human experience in the context of historical trauma.
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This first novel from an award-winning poet — a #1 best-seller in Canada — is certain to propel her into the front ranks of our very best practitioners of contemporary fiction.
It is a story of World War II as remembered and imagined by one of its survivors: a poet named Jakob Beer, traumatically orphaned as a young child and smuggled out of Poland, first to a Greek island (where he will return as an adult), and later to Toronto. It is the story of how, over his lifetime, Jakob learns the power of language — to destroy, to omit, to obliterate, but also to restore and to conjure, witness and tell — as he comes to understand and experience what was lost to him and of what is possible for him to regain.
Profoundly moving, brilliantly written — as sensual and lyric as it is emotionally resonant — Fugitive Pieces delves into the most difficult workings of the human heart and mind: the grief and healing of remembrance. It is a first novel of astonishing achievement.
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