Fugitive Pieces
3 journalers for this copy...
Synopsis from Amazon.co.uk says:
"It is just months before the Nazi occupation of Poland, and, from the mud of a buried city, Jakob Beer, an orphaned Jewish boy, finds himself rescued by an unlikely saviour. He is saved by the geologist and humanist Athos Roussos, who takes him to his Greek island home where he becomes his student. But the trauma of Jakob's early life refuses to leave him. Living forever in the shadow of the Holocaust, although Jakob has escaped the most terrible fate of all, he must yet steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history.
From the Publisher
Prize Winner
Fugitive Pieces won the 1997 Orange prize for Fiction. John Berger said: 'The most important, beautifully important book I have read for forty years....'
I loved this book and highly recommend it.
"It is just months before the Nazi occupation of Poland, and, from the mud of a buried city, Jakob Beer, an orphaned Jewish boy, finds himself rescued by an unlikely saviour. He is saved by the geologist and humanist Athos Roussos, who takes him to his Greek island home where he becomes his student. But the trauma of Jakob's early life refuses to leave him. Living forever in the shadow of the Holocaust, although Jakob has escaped the most terrible fate of all, he must yet steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history.
From the Publisher
Prize Winner
Fugitive Pieces won the 1997 Orange prize for Fiction. John Berger said: 'The most important, beautifully important book I have read for forty years....'
I loved this book and highly recommend it.
Journal Entry 2 by Jinglefish at Camel & Artichoke in Waterloo, Greater London United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (2/12/2008 UTC) at Camel & Artichoke in Waterloo, Greater London United Kingdom
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Left at the London meetup tonight - not sure if anyone will take it home or whether it will remain on the shelves for a future journey! Happy tranvelling little book.
Left at the London meetup tonight - not sure if anyone will take it home or whether it will remain on the shelves for a future journey! Happy tranvelling little book.
I picked this book up at the London meetup back in February (apologies for not having journalled it before- oops!). I've not read it yet but it is coming for a weekend away in Scotland and I plan to release it there, so this note is to account for its whereabouts in case it is lucky enough to be caught before I can make release notes for it.
Journal Entry 4 by Scarlett17 at -- Train from London 🚂 in -- London Trains 🚂 , -- Trains, Tube, Metro, Buses -- United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (6/7/2008 UTC) at -- Train from London 🚂 in -- London Trains 🚂 , -- Trains, Tube, Metro, Buses -- United Kingdom
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If you're reading this, you've caught a book! Congratulations, and welcome to Bookcrossing. You've come to a friendly place. Hope you enjoy the book, and the free no-spam website. Please make a short note to let me know what you thought of the book, then feel free to keep it or set it free to continue its journey. If you choose to join Bookcrossing, you'll be able to see where the book goes on its travels!
If you're reading this, you've caught a book! Congratulations, and welcome to Bookcrossing. You've come to a friendly place. Hope you enjoy the book, and the free no-spam website. Please make a short note to let me know what you thought of the book, then feel free to keep it or set it free to continue its journey. If you choose to join Bookcrossing, you'll be able to see where the book goes on its travels!
Hi to anyone who is interested in the travels of this book. I picked it up from the bookshelf in the Guests Lounge at the Killarney Avenue Hotel, Killarney while on a bus tour of Ireland. I have read only the first chapter so far as it travels with me.
Todate this little book has returned home to England for a few days and is now with me in Lyon France before visiting Hong Kong enroute to Queensland Australia. It will be read on planes, buses, trains and finally the last chapters will be treasured at home as a souvenier of a wonderful adventure - until I release it hopefully to be picked up by another traveller.
Todate this little book has returned home to England for a few days and is now with me in Lyon France before visiting Hong Kong enroute to Queensland Australia. It will be read on planes, buses, trains and finally the last chapters will be treasured at home as a souvenier of a wonderful adventure - until I release it hopefully to be picked up by another traveller.
