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Author Grossman, David, author.

Title More than I love my life : a novel / David Grossman ; translated by Jessica Cohen.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F GROSSMAN, D.    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION GROSSMAN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  F GROSSMAN, D.    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC GROSSMAN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION GROSSMAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F GROSSMAN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC GROS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  GROSSMAN, DAVID    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Adult Fiction  GROSSMAN, DAVID    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F GROSSMAN    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 281 pages ; 22 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi Book"
"Originally published in Israel as Iti ha'chayim mesachek harbeh by Ha'kibbutz Ha'meuchad, Tel Aviv, in 2019"
Summary "From the internationally best-selling author--and revered moral voice--a remarkable novel of suffering, love, and healing, the story of three generations of women and a secret that needs to be told. The story was inspired by the life of a friend and confidante of David Grossman who, in the late 1940s, was imprisoned and tortured on the notorious Goli Otok, a barren island prison off the coast of Croatia. Grossman's telling focuses on three strong women--Vera, 90; her daughter, Nina; and her granddaughter, Gili, who at 39 years old is a filmmaker and a wary consumer of affection. A bitter secret divides each mother and daughter pair, though Gili--abandoned when she was just three by Nina--has been close to her grandmother throughout her life. With Gili making the arrangements, they travel together back to Goli ("the Adriatic Alcatraz"), where Vera was imprisoned, enslaved, and tortured for three years as a young wife, when she refused to betray her husband and denounce him as an enemy of the people. This unlikely journey, documented by Gili's camera, lays bare the intertwining of fear, love, and mercy, and the complex overlapping demands of romantic and parental passion. With flashbacks to the stalwart Vera protecting what was most precious on the wretched rock where she was held, and Grossman's fearless examination of the human heart, this swift novel will thrill his many readers and bring new ones into the fold"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Goli otok (Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
Internment camp inmates -- Fiction.
Goli otok (Concentration camp) (OCoLC)fst01512029
Concentration camp inmates. (OCoLC)fst00872923
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Added Author Cohen, Jessica (Translator), translator.
Added Title Iti ha'chayim mesachek harbeh. English
ISBN 9780593318911 (hardcover)
0593318919 (hardcover)
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