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Author:

Dahl, Kjell Ola, 1958- author.

Title:

The courier / Kjell Ola Dahl ; translated by Don Bartlett.

Publisher:

Orenda Books,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

312 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Norway--Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Norway--Fiction.
Holocaust survivors--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Stockholm (Sweden)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Oslo (Norway)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Bartlett, Don, translator.

Other Titles:

Kureren. English

Notes:

"First published in Norwegian as Kureren in 2105 by Gyldenhal, Norway"--Title page verso. Translated from the Norwegian.

Summary:

"In 1942, Jewish courier Ester is betrayed, narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo. In a great haste, she escapes to Sweden, saving herself. Her family in Oslo, however, is deported to Auschwitz. In Stockholm, Ester meets the resistance hero, Gerhard Falkum, who has left his little daughter and fled both the Germans and allegations that he murdered his wife, Ase, who helped Ester get to Sweden. Their burgeoning relationship ends abruptly when Falkum dies in a fire. And yet, twenty-five years later, Falkum shows up in Oslo. He wants to reconnect with his daughter. But where has he been, and what is the real reason for his return? Ester stumbles across information that forces her to look closely at her past, and to revisit her war -time training to stay alive..."--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1912374439
9781912374434

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1076228874

LCCN:

2018493804

Locations:

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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