Bibliograph

House on endless waters, a novel, Emuna Elon ; translated from Hebrew by Anthony Berris and Linda Yechiel

Type

Label

House on endless waters, a novel, Emuna Elon ; translated from Hebrew by Anthony Berris and Linda Yechiel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page [311])

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

House on endless waters

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1104327591

Responsibility statement

Emuna Elon ; translated from Hebrew by Anthony Berris and Linda Yechiel

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"At the behest of his agent, renowned author Yoel Blum reluctantly agrees to visit his birthplace of Amsterdam to meet with his Dutch publisher, despite promising his late mother that he would never return to that city. While touring the Jewish Museum with his wife, Yoel stumbles upon a looping reel of photos offering a glimpse of pre-war Dutch Jewish life, and is astonished to see the youthful face of his beloved mother staring back at him, posing with her husband, Yoel's older sister, Nettie...and an infant he doesn't recognize. This unsettling discovery launches him into a fervent search for the truth, revealing Amsterdam's dark wartime history and the underground networks which hid Jewish children away from danger-but at a cost. The deeper into the past Yoel digs, the better he understands his mother's silence, and the more urgent the question that has unconsciously haunted him for a lifetime - Who am I? - becomes."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification