During WWII, when Jakob Beer is seven, his parents are murdered by Nazi soldiers who invade their Polish village, and his beloved, musically talented 15-year-old sister, Bella, is abducted. The narrative is permeated with insights about language itself, its power to distort and destroy meaning, and to restore it again to those with stalwart hearts. Its characters come to understand the implacability of the natural world, the impartial perfection of science, the heartbreak of history. It speaks about loss, about the urgency, pain and ultimate healing power of memory, and about the redemptive power of love. Searing the mind with stunning images while seducing with radiant prose, this brilliant first novel is a story of damaged lives and the indestructibility of the human spirit.
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