{"product_id":"fugitive-pieces-paperback-1","title":"Fugitive Pieces: A Novel (WINNER OF THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Lannan Literary Fiction Award\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1940 a boy bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, where he has buried himself to hide from the soldiers who murdered his family. His name is Jakob Beer. He is only seven years old. And although by all rights he should have shared the fate of the other Jews in his village, he has not only survived but been rescued by a Greek geologist, who does not recognize the boy as human until he begins to cry. With this electrifying image, Anne Michaels ushers us into her rapturously acclaimed novel of loss, memory, history, and redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Michaels follows Jakob across two continents, she lets us witness his transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artist who extracts meaning from its abyss. Filled with mysterious symmetries and rendered in heart-stopping prose, \u003ci\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumphant work, a book that should not so much be read as it should be surrendered to.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \"New York Times Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Lannan Literary Fiction Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Guardian Fiction Award \u003cbr\u003eIn 1940, Jakob Beer, a seven-year-old boy, bursts from the mud of a war-torn Polish city, where he has buried himself to hide from Nazi soldiers who have killed his family. Though he should have died with his family, he has not only survived but been rescued by a Greek geologist. With this electrifying backdrop, Anne Michaels propels us into her rapturously acclaimed novel of loss, memory, history, and redemption. Michaels lets us witness Jakob's transformation from a half-wild casualty of the Holocaust to an artis who extracts meaning from the abyss. Filled with mysterious symmetries and rendered in heart-stopping prose, Fugitive Pieces is a triumphant work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e teaches creative writing in Toronto. Her two collections of poetry are \u003cb\u003eThe Weight of Oranges\u003c\/b\u003e (1986), which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas, and \u003cb\u003eMiner's Pond\u003c\/b\u003e (1991), which received the Canadian Authors Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and the Trillium Award. \u003cb\u003eFugitive Pieces\u003c\/b\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.02 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guardian First Book Award (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (1997)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132466466951,"sku":"9780679776598","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/256f7377ba1e30add0aa90040419d00e.webp?v=1732626618","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/fugitive-pieces-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}