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House on endless waters : a novel / Emuna Elon ; translated from Hebrew by Anthony Berris and Linda Yechiel.

Elon, Emunah, (author.). Berris, Anthony, (translator.). Yechiel, Linda, (translator.).

Summary:

"At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to meet with his Dutch publisher, despite promising his late mother that he would never return to that city. While touring the Jewish Museum with his wife, Yoel stumbles upon a looping reel of photos offering a glimpse of pre-war Dutch Jewish life, and is astonished to see the youthful face of his beloved mother staring back at him, posing with her husband, Yoel's older sister, Nettie...and an infant he doesn't recognize. This unsettling discovery launches him into a fervent search for the truth, revealing Amsterdam's dark wartime history and the underground networks which hid Jewish children away from danger-but at a cost. The deeper into the past Yoel digs, the better he understands his mother's silence, and the more urgent the question that has unconsciously haunted him for a lifetime - Who am I? - becomes."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1982130229
  • ISBN: 9781982130220
  • Physical Description: 309 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Atria Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published in Israel in 2016 by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan Dvir ; English translation ©2020.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (page 311).
Language Note:
Translated from the original Hebrew into English.

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Subject:
Family secrets > Fiction.
Jewish authors > Fiction.
Jews, Dutch > History > Fiction.
Jews > Netherlands > Amsterdam > History > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Novels.

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