The Resource The most precious of cargoes : a tale, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
The most precious of cargoes : a tale, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
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- Summary
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- A fairytale-like novel set during the height of World War II finds a childless, impoverished woodcutter's wife risking her safety to take in and protect a Jewish baby, a twin abandoned under desperate circumstances
- World War II. In an enormous forest a woodcutter and his wife find it difficult 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 wife finds a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 120 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062981790
- Label
- The most precious of cargoes : a tale
- Title
- The most precious of cargoes
- Title remainder
- a tale
- Statement of responsibility
- Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
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- A fairytale-like novel set during the height of World War II finds a childless, impoverished woodcutter's wife risking her safety to take in and protect a Jewish baby, a twin abandoned under desperate circumstances
- World War II. In an enormous forest a woodcutter and his wife find it difficult 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 wife finds a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home. -- adapted from jacket
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1939-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grumberg, Jean-Claude
- Dewey number
- 842/.914
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PQ2667.R73
- LC item number
- P5813 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Wynne, Frank
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Jewish children in the Holocaust
- World War, 1939-1945
- Jewish children in the Holocaust
- Jews
- Label
- The most precious of cargoes : a tale, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1196908120
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 120 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062981790
- Lccn
- 2020942931
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1196908120
- Label
- The most precious of cargoes : a tale, Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1196908120
- Dimensions
- 19 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 120 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062981790
- Lccn
- 2020942931
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1196908120
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