Anna and the Swallow Man

Anna and the Swallow Man

A New York TimesÂ Bestseller
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A Shelf AwarenessÂ Best Book of the Year
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
Winner of the Indies Choice Book AwardÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award

"Exquisite." â€”The Wall Street Journal

"This is masterly storytelling." â€”The New York Times Book Review

A stunning, beautiful, and ambitious debut novel set in Poland during the Second World War perfect for readers of All the Light We Cannot See and The Book Thief.
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KrakÃ³w, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up.Â Anna Åania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. Sheâ€™s alone.

And then Anna meets the Swallow Man.Â He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see.

The Swallow Man is not Annaâ€™s fatherâ€”she knows that very wellâ€”but she also knows that, like her father, heâ€™s in danger of being taken, and like her father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is entranced. She follows him into the wilderness.

Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend. But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous. Even the Swallow Man.Â
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Destined to become a classic, Gavriel Savitâ€™s stunning debut reveals lifeâ€™s hardest lessons while celebrating its miraculous possibilities.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf Books for Young Readers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-01-26
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9780553522075

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-01-26
Format	Kindle eBook
EANs	9780553522075