Far to Go Read Online By Alison Pick
| Title | : | Far to Go |
| Author | : | Alison Pick |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 280 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0887842380 |
Winner of the Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award and finalist for the Man Booker PrizeIn Far to Go, one of our most accomplished young writers takes us inside the world of an affluent Jewish family in Prague during the lead up to Hitler s invasion of Czechoslovakia.In 1939, Pavel and Anneliese Bauer are secular Jews whose lives are turned upside down by the arrival of H Winner of the Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award and finalist for the Man Booker PrizeIn Far to Go, one of our most accomplished young writers takes us inside the world of an affluent Jewish family in Prague during the lead up to Hitler s invasion of Czechoslovakia.In 1939, Pavel and Anneliese Bauer are secular Jews whose lives are turned upside down by the arrival of Hitler They are unable to leave the country in time to avoid deportation, but they do manage to get their six year old son Pepik a place on a Kindertransport Meanwhile, a fascinating and compelling present day strand in the story slowly reveals the unexpected fates of each of the Bauers Through a series of surprising twists, Pick leads us to ask What does it mean to cling to identity in the face of persecution And what are the consequences if you attempt to change your identity Inspired by the harrowing five year journey Alison Pick s own grandparents embarked upon from their native Czechoslovakia to Canada during the Second World War, Far to Go is an epic historical novel that traces one family s journey through these tumultuous and traumatic events A layered, beautifully written, moving, and suspenseful story by one of our rising literary stars
about Author
ALISON PICK S best selling novel FAR TO GO was nominated for the Man Booker Prize and won the Canadian Jewish Book Award It was a Top 10 Book of 2010 at NOW magazine and the Toronto Star, and was published to international acclaim Alison was the winner of the 2002 Bronwen Wallace Award for the most promising writer in Canada under 35 Currently on Faculty at the Humber School for Writers and the ALISON PICK S best selling novel FAR TO GO was nominated for the Man Booker Prize and won the Canadian Jewish Book Award It was a Top 10 Book of 2010 at NOW magazine and the Toronto Star, and was published to international acclaim Alison was the winner of the 2002 Bronwen Wallace Award for the most promising writer in Canada under 35 Currently on Faculty at the Humber School for Writers and the Banff Centre for the Arts, she lives and writes in Toronto 
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Winner of the Helen and Stan Vine Jewish Book Award and finalist for the Man Booker PrizeIn Far to Go, one of our most accomplished young writers take
280 pagesAlison Pick
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