A novel of the Holocaust based on the author's own experiences chronicles the ordeal of one family, forced from their home and struggling to cope with the destruction, deprivation, and death around them, from the perspective of a single survivor. The tragic tale of the Lustig family doctor Leopold;
Grimus: A Novel (Modern Library Paperbacks): novel
β Scribed by Rushdie, Salman
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
"A mixture of science fiction and folktale, past and future, primitive and present-day ... Thunderous and touching."? -- Los Angeles Times.
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