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- Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr
- ISBN: 1564782050
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101945458
- Release Date: May 1, 1999
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #874007 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #86073 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #2946 in Historical - General (See Top 100 Historical - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Annihilation" by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Annihilation"Browse more products related to "Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, Piotr Szewc and Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough"Publisher's noteLike Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood, Annihilation is about a day in the life of a town - in this case, a Polish-Jewish town shortly before World War II. The reader participates in the life of the town instant by instant - from the moment when the local courtesan pours the contents of her chamber pot out her open window up to the moment when the city policemen return to night duty. For the narrator, every object, every person and event belongs to the world he strives to save from impending annihilation: the landscape of beer drops left on a counter, the dance of the Hasidim before the Town Hall, the taste of mint drops in an attorney's mouth. As the minutes on the Town Hall's clock measure the day's passing, and as this day's passing brings the town one day closer to its historical annihilation, a Book of the Day writes itself, preserving the town in memory against the ravages of time and history. Already a success in Poland and in translation in France, Germany, and Italy, Piotr Szewc's novel has been compared to the novels of Proust and to the paintings of Chagall. AnnotationSzewc's first novel presents a day in the life of the Jewish inhabitants of a little town shortly before World War II--the eastern Polish town where Szewc himself grew up. We see the local prostitute at her morning ablutions, the town cop on night duty, and everything in between--all part of a world the narrator desperately wishes to save from the coming annihilation. If You Enjoy "Annihilation (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Annihilation (Paperback)" by Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough (Auth...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Historical - General Bestsellers
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