The Most Precious of Cargoes
Author(s): Jean-Claude Grumberg
A magnificent small book to read urgently' <i>Libération</i> Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages, and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night, the woodcutter's wife prays for a child. On a train crossing the forest, a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train. While foraging for food, the woodcutter’s wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued, but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo, and raise her as her own. . . Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, <i>The Most Precious of Cargoes</i>, translated from French by Frank Wynne, is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption, a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Campbell Books Ltd
- : 0.3
- : 31 December 2021
- : .9 Centimeters X 13 Centimeters X 19.7 Centimeters
- : books
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- : 112
- : 1
- : Paperback
- : Jean-Claude Grumberg