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Fugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces | Anne Michaels
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Anne Michaels spellbinding dbut novel has quickly become one of the most beloved and talked-about books of the decade. As a young boy during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud in Poland by an unlikely saviour, the scientist Athos Roussos, and he is taken to Greece, then, at wars end, to Toronto. It is here that his loss gradually surfaces, as does the haunting question of his sisters fate. Later in life, as a translator and a poet, and now with the glorious Michaela, Jakob meets Ben, a young professor whose own legacies of the war kindle within him a fascination with the older man and his writing. Fugitive Pieces is a work of rare vision that is at once lyrical, sensual, profound. With its vivid evocation of landscape and character, its unique excavation of memory and time, it is a wholly unforgettable novel that draws us into the lives of its characters with compassion and recognition. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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rachaich
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The most sobering prose, poetic throughout and so so sad and deeply feeling.
But so beautiful in describing the environment, the people and the world.

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rachaich
Fugitive Pieces | Anne Michaels
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The most sobering prose, poetic throughout and so so sad and deeply feeling.
But so beautiful in describing the environment, the people and the world.

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rachaich
Fugitive Pieces | Anne Michaels
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The most sobering prose, poetic throughout and so so sad and deeply feeling.
But so beautiful in describing the environment, the people and the world.

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rachaich
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I keep starting this then putting it down.
Beautiful prose but devastating and harrowing in ts portraya of WW2 and the aftermath
It's upsetting to read against current situation in Israel.

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Jas16
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A poetically written book in two parts,the first focusing on Jakob who survives a Nazi raid on his home and the second about Ben, the son of two Holocaust survivors. Both characters live with the effects of loss and grief and are haunted by the past, everything Jakob had torn away from him and everything that distances Ben from his parents. Lovely writing that made me want to highlight so many passages.

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BarbaraBB
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Did you vote for your favorite ever Women‘s Prize winner yet? You can do it here: https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/reading-room/2020-prize/help-us-choose-o...

Lots of good ones among these winners but in the end my vote went to an underdog: the tagged one. #womensprize #womensprizeforfiction

andrew61 Great choice, it's years since i read it but one i want to reread as i remember being overwhelmed. 4y
BarbaraBB @andrew61 I remember that too, so after all those years I thought it deserves some new recognition 😀 4y
Suet624 Thanks for the photo. I took a screenshot so I can find some of the ones I missed. Every time I see Shriver‘s book my heart skips a beat. So good. 4y
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LeahBergen Ahhh, yes! I read it right when it first came out. 👍🏻 4y
LeahBergen Oh, and Larry‘s Party! My book club replicated the dinner in it at our meeting. 😆 4y
BarbaraBB @Suet624 There are so many good ones that I am thinking of reading the ones I haven‘t! Kevin is a favorite of mine too 💔 4y
BarbaraBB @LeahBergen I too read it when it first came out. That must have been the early 90s if I remember well 👵🏼 😀. Larry‘s Party I remember little about. Was that the one about a gardener and a mace? 4y
LeahBergen @BarbaraBB I can‘t remember. 😂😂 4y
KarenUK Easy choice.... Shriver for sure...💕 4y
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LitandLeisure
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Just got into this one this morning. Beautiful, soulful. Anyone else read it?

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sedeara
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My mother's day present: a couple child-free hours to read at my favorite coffee shop. (Incidentally, @pocketmermaid sent me this book while I was in college almost 20 years ago. Progress on my massive TBR is slow but always enjoyable. ☺️📚)

pocketmermaid Omggggg 5y
sedeara That comment can be taken so many ways! 5y
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Tashreads
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So, I‘ve been trying out a book buying ban this month. It really has not gone well. I bought these today at a huge discount though, so really, I‘m saving money right? 😜 #bookwormproblems

TheBookAddict Right! 👍🏽😁...now you know how my book buying ban has been going.😅 5y
Reviewsbylola Exactly! 5y
Cinfhen Yes!!!! And I‘m over this book buying ban nonsense!! Good finds!!! 5y
BooknerdsLife Haha Book Buying Ban never works for me either 🤣😆 5y
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Lizpixie
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#BookMail No2 is, yes I know, another Bloomsbury Modern Classics Edition, this time Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, poet laureate Of Canada. Told in two parts, it‘s a story about the Holocaust & the scars it‘s left on not just the survivors but on the next generations as well. Moving between Poland, Greece & Canada, it was on the Canadian bestseller lists for over 2 years & translated into over 20 languages. 2 more novels & I have the whole set!

Cinfhen Gorgeous cover, I‘m sure it‘s a harrowing read but so important 6y
Teresereading Pretty sure I hav3 this on @ shelf somewhere, you‘ve inspired me to unearth it 6y
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quirkyreader19
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7 days 7 bookcovers
Post a book cover you love. no explanation, no information on the book. just a book cover you love.
Day 2 (really 3 days late)
#7days7bookcovers

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HotCocoaReads
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There's a moment when love makes you believe in death for the first time. You recognize the one whose loss, even contemplated, you'll carry forever, like a sleeping child. All grief, anyone's grief...is the weight of a sleeping child.

Litlady Beautiful pic and stack! 📸 📚💙 7y
HotCocoaReads Thank you! @Litlady I wanted to share some of my favorite WWII books for Veteran's Day! Did I miss any? 7y
Litlady @HotCocoaReads - The Night Watch, Sara Waters -Catch-22, Joseph Heller - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne and The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer .. a few of my favorites! 👍🤓😊 7y
HotCocoaReads How could I have forgotten All the Light...?!? @Litlady and thanks for the other recommendations! 7y
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KVanRead
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Fun Photo Friday. Bursting w ❤️ for all the great 🇨🇦 writers! Just a few faves: Joseph Boynton, Anne Michaels, Robertson Davies, Miriam Toews, Rohinton Mistry, Timothy Findley, Wayne Johnston, Pauline Johnson, Margaret Laurence, Alice Munro, L.M. Montgomery, Robert Service, Mavis Gallant @Liberty

KVanRead ...AND 15 POETSX2 including Atwood, Cohen, Birney, Purdy, Webb, Ondaatje... 8y
Bibliogeekery So many of my favourites too! Also, I have that bedspread too! 😀 8y
KVanRead @Bibliogeekery Ha! Great minds...#IKEA is everywhere- clever Swedes 😛 8y
Bibliogeekery Right?!? 😉 8y
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