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The Book of Words

Susan Bernofsky

3.9/5 ( ratings)

In The Book of Words, Jenny Erpenbeck captures with amazing virtuosity the inner life of a young girl who survives the totalitarian regime of a curiously unnamed South American country . Raised by parents whose real identity ends up shocking her, the girl comes of age in a country where gunshots are mistaken for blown tires, innocent citizens are dragged off buses, and tortured and disappeared friends and family return to visit her from the dead.

Language: English

Pages: 93

Format: Paperback

Publisher: New Directions

Release: December 17, 2007

ISBN: 081121706X

ISBN 13: 9780811217064

The Book of Words

Susan Bernofsky

3.9/5 ( ratings)

In The Book of Words, Jenny Erpenbeck captures with amazing virtuosity the inner life of a young girl who survives the totalitarian regime of a curiously unnamed South American country . Raised by parents whose real identity ends up shocking her, the girl comes of age in a country where gunshots are mistaken for blown tires, innocent citizens are dragged off buses, and tortured and disappeared friends and family return to visit her from the dead.

Language: English

Pages: 93

Format: Paperback

Publisher: New Directions

Release: December 17, 2007

ISBN: 081121706X

ISBN 13: 9780811217064

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