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Author:

Sem-Sandberg, Steve, 1958-

Title:

The emperor of lies / Steve Sem-Sandberg ; translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

664 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Rumkowski, Mordecai Ḥayim--Fiction.
Jews--Poland--History--Fiction.
Jewish ghettos--Łódź--Łódź--History--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
War stories.
Łódź (Poland)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Death, Sarah.

Other Titles:

Fattiga i Lóđź. English.

Notes:

"Originally published in 2009 by Albert Bonniers Förlag, Sweden, as De fattiga i Lóđź; English translation originally published in 2011 by Faber and Faber Ltd., Great Britain"--T.p. verso.

Summary:

Follows the World War II tale of Jewish ghetto director Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, who in an ambitious effort to render the ghetto an invaluable industrial complex makes compromises that have extraordinary consequences.

ISBN:

0374139644 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780374139643 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011008443

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)