The Discontinuity of Small ThingsThis quiet story of the Holocaust chronicles the lives of several Danes through the summer of 1943. It is the discontinuity of small things--the scattered inconveniences, chance meetings, glimpses of injustice, and indulgences of hope, --that haphazardly directs each individual to his fate. An hypnotic story of ordinary people caught in a silent maelstrom, ultimately driven to extraordinary feats. FIC000000 |
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... wooden promenade . In truth he had never seen a German . In truth he did not know where Germany was . The only indications he had that a war existed were the restrictions on fishing and — one night while tossing his toilet water into ...
... wooden promenade . In truth he had never seen a German . In truth he did not know where Germany was . The only indications he had that a war existed were the restrictions on fishing and — one night while tossing his toilet water into ...
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... wooden block . He smiled at Hannah when she entered and then returned to the busi- ness of the hat , pinching the crown with thumb and fore- finger and then holding it at arm's length for inspection and finally brushing it free of some ...
... wooden block . He smiled at Hannah when she entered and then returned to the busi- ness of the hat , pinching the crown with thumb and fore- finger and then holding it at arm's length for inspection and finally brushing it free of some ...
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... wooden bench , his hands trembling , and wondered why God — who had found no cause to provide Carl with a son , only a daughter born red and early and unbreathing and dead — had now sent his wife's unborn children to him in the form of ...
... wooden bench , his hands trembling , and wondered why God — who had found no cause to provide Carl with a son , only a daughter born red and early and unbreathing and dead — had now sent his wife's unborn children to him in the form of ...
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