Wartime Lies

In Poland, in 1939, the secure world of assimilated Jews is blown away by the invasion of the Third Reich. Maciek's father disappears into the war's vortex, leaving the orphaned child with his Aunt Tania. It is her cool inventiveness, in their dramatic flight through a landscape of oppression, that ensures their fragile survival. Poland, 1939. The comfortable, secure world of assimilated Jews is blown away by the invasion of the Third Reich. Maciek''s father disappears into the war''s vortex, leaving the orphaned child with his acerbic and beautiful Aunt Tania. It is her cool inventiveness, in their dramatic flight through a landscape of oppression, that will ensure their fragile survival.

• | Author: Louis Begley
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jan 04, 2007
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780141188690
• | ISBN-10: 0141188693