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The Most Precious of Cargoes

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Most Precious of Cargoes
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jean-Claude Grumberg
Translated by Frank Wynne
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130
Category/GenreMyth and legend told as fiction
Historical fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9781529019582
ClassificationsDewey:843.914
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 28 October 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

'A magnificent small book to read urgently' Liberation 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.

Author Biography

Jean-Claude Grumberg has been a renowned and successful playwright and scriptwriter for over forty years. He is the author of eight plays and stories for children, and has also worked as a director.