- Paperback: 544 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (7 Mar 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 009940981X
- ISBN-13: 978-0099409816
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13.2 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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This is the story of a small Jewish ghetto in a small town in Poland - and of one man's obsessive quest to discover its fate and that of its survivors.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
One of the best books I have ever read. It will bring a tear to your eye when you read this book. Theo Richmond brings this dead town back to life with all it's colour, charm and characters and then it is layed back down to rest as you relive it's destruction by the Nazi's.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This is an absolutely oustanding book - Richmond managed to recreate a world which ceased to exist at the onset of the Second World War, the world of Jews from the central Polish town of Konin. The book is touching both in descriptions of Richmond's quest for the missing shtetl which can be found only in the fading memories of Jews who somehow survived the Holocaust and in his recreation of the Jewish town that does not exist any more. An absolute must for all those who think that Holocaust was just another tragedy in the past on some distant continent. A perfect gift to people who have roots in Poland - some of my friends found their relatives described in the book. Maybe you or your friends will share this luck?
Normally I do not read books about the Holocaust since I find them too upsetting. When I picked up a second-hand copy of this book, for some reason I was drawn to it and I am very glad I was. The human stories which the author discovers in his quest to recreate the Jewish life in Konin before the war are moving and monumental. The stories of death and destruction are, of course, upsetting but the way the author weaves them into the story reinforces the poignancy of the whole quest.
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