'A magnificent small book to read urgently'Libération Once upon a time in an enormous forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife. Around them a war wages,and hunger is a constant companion. Yet every night,the woodcutter's wife prays for a child.On a train crossing the forest,a Jewish father holds his twin children. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed them. In hopes of saving both their lives,he wraps his daughter in a shawl and gently throws her from the train.While foraging for food,the woodcutter's wife finds a bundle,a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. She knows that this little girl will be pursued,but she cannot ignore this gift: she will accept the precious cargo,and raise her as her own. . .Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism,The Most Precious of Cargoes,translated from French by Frank Wynne,is a deeply moving fable about family and redemption,a story that reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781529019582Number of pages: 112Weight: 130 gDimensions: 197 x 130 x 9 mm
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