Blooms of darkness
Appelfeld, Aharon2011
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The ghetto in which the Jews have been confined is being liquidated by the Nazis, and 11-year-old Hugo is brought by his mother to the local brothel, where one of the prostitutes, Mariana, has agreed to hide him. As the memories of his family and friends grow dim, Hugo falls in love with Mariana.
Main title:
Blooms of darkness / Aharon Appelfeld ; translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green.
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Imprint:
Richmond : Alma, 2011.
Collation:
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: New York: Shocken, 2010.
ISBN:
9781846881480 (pbk)184688148X (pbk)
Dewey class:
892.4'36
Local class:
F
Language:
EnglishHebrew
BRN:
666810
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