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008			111023s2010 onc 000 1 eng
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020			_a9780062034625
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050	0	0	_aPR9199.4.P497 _bF37 2010
082	0	4	_aFIC PIC
100	1		_aPick, Alison
245	1	0	_aFar to go _c/ Alison Pick.
260			_aToronto _b: House of Anansi Press _c, 2010.
300			_a314 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aIn her second novel (after The Sweet Edge), Pick tackles the Holocaust with the story of a young Jewish family struggling to survive as the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia. Throughout 1938 and 1939, Pavel and Anneliese Bauer endure increasingly terrifying attacks on their dignity, freedom, and lives, clinging to a hope that the madness will soon end. Meanwhile, a present-day Holocaust historian (who remains awkwardly unidentified for some time), specializing in the Kindertransport and the many children it helped to escape from Czechoslovakia, takes a personal interest in the Bauers. Letters culled from the historian's files, written by people who were close to the Bauers, effectively punctuate the novel, but Pick's shuffling gamble with point-of-view produces mixed results. For instance, Marta, who both propels the tale and plays a significant role in it, is sometimes so naive as to be unconvincing. But period details are authentic and well presented, as are the family's suffering and grief.
650			_aJews _x-History _y-20th century _v--Fiction
650		0	_aHolocaust, Jewish, 1939-1945 _x--Fiction
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