The Most Precious of Cargoes Paperback / softback
by Jean-Claude Grumberg
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'A magnificent small book to read urgently' Libération Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife.
Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion.
Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child. On a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children.
His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train. While foraging for food, the woodcutter’s wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl.
She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . . Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:28/10/2021
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- ISBN:9781529019582
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:112 pages
- Publisher:Pan Macmillan
- Publication Date:28/10/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9781529019582