The Most Precious of Cargoes :
A Tale /
Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne.
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| Summary: | "Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child. A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest. While foraging for food, the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harbouring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home."-Provided by publisher |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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London :
Picador,
2021.
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| Notes: | "A fable of the Holocaust" - Description from front cover. "Originally published in French 2019 as La Plus précieuse des marchandises by Editions du Seuil, France"--Title page verso. Physical description: 104 pages ; 21 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 9781529019568 9781529019575 1529019567 1529019575 |
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