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Fires in the Dark
Fires in the Dark: A Novel | Louise Doughty
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Fires In the Dark reveals the highly secretive and misunderstood world of the coppersmith gypsies. In 1927, when prosperity still reigns in Central Europe, Yenko is born to two Coppersmith Gypsies. His parents, Josef and Anna, are nomads who raise their son during the relative calm of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Soon, though, dangerous times threaten to unsettle their family, as their heritage makes them vulnerable targets for ethnic cleansing. As Germany invades Czechoslovakia and the conflicts of World War II begin to unfold, Yenko and his parents become fugitives, forced on a journey that promises only great uncertainty and offers survival as a remote possibility. In the course of their flight, the burden of an ancient tradition rests entirely on Yenko's shoulders. In capturing the desperation and perseverance of one family during an extraordinary time in history, Louise Doughty pays powerful homage to an insular and little-known culture.
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This #bildungsroman has been on my #TBR shelf for a decade. A Romany boy is born in 1927 in Central Europe. He and his family survive the Great Depression, but their nomadic life is threatened when Germany invades Czechoslovakia. The postscript notes that, of 6,500 Roma people in Bohemia and Moravia at the beginning of WW2, fewer than 500 survived. 💔
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LeahBergen I enjoyed it. 8y
LindsayReads @LeahBergen Ooh, good to know. Thanks! 8y
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