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Author:

Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939- author.

Title:

The most precious of cargoes : a tale / Jean-Claude Grumberg ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

HarperViaan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

120 pages ; 19 cm

Subject:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Fiction.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Wynne, Frank​, translator.

Other Titles:

Plus précieuse des marchandises. English

Summary:

A fairytale-like novel set during the height of World War II finds a childless, impoverished woodcutter's wife risking her safety to take in and protect a Jewish baby, a twin abandoned under desperate circumstances.

ISBN:

006298179X
9780062981790

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1196908120

LCCN:

bl2020019175

Locations:

STPC124 -- Allison Public Library (Allison)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)