A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, however, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into new forms; a 'blind' old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis, Jr, Jr. What they are looking for seems elusive - a truth hidden behind veils of time, language and the …
Polnai︠a︡ illi︠u︡minat︠s︡ii︠a︡
This book might be part of the Igra v klassiku series.
Jonathan Safran Foer: Polnai︠a︡ illi︠u︡minat︠s︡ii︠a︡ (Russian language, 2005, "ĖKSMO")
A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, however, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into new forms; a 'blind' old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy Davis, Jr, Jr. What they are looking for seems elusive - a truth hidden behind veils of time, language and the horrors of war. What they find turns all their worlds upside down..
350, pagine
lingua Russian
Pubblicato il 2005 da "ĖKSMO".
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- ISBN:
- 978-5-699-12824-2ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 62409339
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Argomenti
- Americans -- Ukraine -- Fiction.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Ukraine -- Fiction.
- Jewish families -- Fiction.
- Grandfathers -- Fiction.
- Novelists -- Fiction.
- Young men -- Fiction.
- Ukraine -- Fiction.
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