- Hardcover: 323 pages
- Publisher: Overlook Press; Reprint edition (21 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590200888
- ISBN-13: 978-1590200889
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 14.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,814,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Beautifully written, moving and disturbing, this packs a powerful, emotional punch. --The Guardian
Richard Zimler's Warsaw Anagrams is a gripping heartbreaking and beautiful thriller, set in the darkest depths of Nazi barbarity, but also a unforgettable, poetical and original journey into the mysteries of evil, decency and the human heart. --Simon Sebag Montefiore --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Richard Zimler's Warsaw Anagrams is a gripping heartbreaking and beautiful thriller, set in the darkest depths of Nazi barbarity, but also a unforgettable, poetical and original journey into the mysteries of evil, decency and the human heart. --Simon Sebag Montefiore --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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It's Autumn 1940. The Nazis seal 400,000 Jews inside a small area of the Polish capital, creating an urban island cut off from the outside world. Erik Cohen, an elderly psychiatrist, is forced to move into a tiny apartment with his niece and his beloved nine-year-old nephew, Adam. One bitterly cold winter's day, Adam goes missing. The next morning, his body is discovered in the barbed wire surrounding the ghetto. The boy's leg has been cut off, and a tiny piece of string has been left in his mouth. Soon, another body turns up - this time a girl's, and one of her hands has been taken. Evidence begins to point to a Jewish traitor luring children to their death...In this profoundly moving and darkly atmospheric historical thriller, the reader is taken into the most forbidden corners of Nazi-occupied Warsaw - as well as into the most heroic places of the heart. Praise for Richard Zimler: 'A riveting literary murder mystery, [The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon] is also a harrowing picture of the persecution of 16th-century Jews and, in passing, an atmospheric introduction to the hermetic Jewish tradition of the Kabbalah' - "Independent on Sunday". 'Zimler [is] a present-day scholar and writer of remarkable erudition and compelling imagination, an American Umberto Eco' - "Spectator". 'Zimler has this spark of genius, which critics can't explain but readers recognise, and which every novelist desires but few achieve' - "Independent". 'Zimler is an honest, powerful writer' - "Guardian".
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Erik Cohen is an elderly psychiatrist - but that was in 'Before Time'. Before the Nazi's sealed him, and countless others, into the Warsaw Ghetto. Now he lives with his niece, and grandnephew Adam, in a tiny apartment. It is 1940, freezing cold and life has been turned upside down. It seems to Erik that anything can happen, especially the worst. Then Adam goes missing and his body is found tossed on the barbed wire. It has been thrown there from outside the ghetto and his body has been mutilated. Stranger still, Erik finds a piece of string in his mouth and then discovers that other Jewish children have suffered the same fate. With his old friend Izzy, Erik sets off to discover who is luring Jewish children to their death and how, and why, Adam had left the Ghetto. This is a very atmospheric and exciting thriller, with great characters. Although the setting and situation is dark and dangerous, and the author portrays this with great tension and realism, the book also has humour and the spirit of humanity that nobody could take away from Erik and Izzy - who are great heroes indeed. I have never read anything by this author before, but I am sure I will be rectifying that. I read the kindle edition of this book, which was well edited and without typos. Highly recommended.
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A most unusual mystery, because of place and time and the background tragedy of the Warsaw ghetto - indeed the tragedy of Poland, since Hitler hated the Poles almost as much as he hated the Jews. This novel is beautifully written, with a clever plot. It reminds us...we should never forget....of man's inhumanity to man. But importantly it also showcases the nobility of the human spirit. The characters are exquisitely drawn. I could not put it down.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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A beautifully written book. I haven't read anything as good about the Warsaw Ghetto since Mila 18 by Leon Uris. I really enjoyed the way he interweaves history and a criminal investigation. The characters are developed very well and the plot moves inexorably to its conclusion. Reviewed by Tim Ellis - Author of: 'A Life for a Life'.
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good story - badly written
I found this to be one of the most disappointing books I've read in a long time. It had all the potential to be a really good novel, after all it's a great story: inmate of the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by greenwall
Warsaw anagrams
Excellent book. An insight into the Ghetto and Jewish life under the Germans,it reads like a thriller. Poignant and uplifting.
Published 3 months ago by Sally Figgins
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The book "Warsaw Anagrams" is easy reading with short chapters. It is both interesting but also saddening to be reminded how some people suffered.
Published 5 months ago by J.N
good book
It's very good book,especially if you are interested in WW II.It's not only criminal story but shows also how hard was life in ghetto. Read more
Published 6 months ago by marta
Intriguing, Obviously Harrowing, Worth a Read at the Price.
I've never read any other work by this author but it appeared in my Recommendations and as I've always been interested in this period of history I thought I'd give it a punt - that... Read more
Published 6 months ago by The Bolton Groaner
Brilliantly bittersweet
I read this book a little while ago and it has been one that has stayed with me. Beautifully written, it conjures up vivid and disturbing images of some of Europe's not so distant... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs A
A moving and excellent read
The blurb for this book made it sound interesting, and like a really good read, and I'm pleased to say that it lived up to my expectations. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Nicola
A thought provoking, powerful read
I feel wrong for saying I enjoyed this book given the subject matter but I did. I found myself gripped all the way through and couldnt wait to see what happened next. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Nadia
Moving and powerful
A moving novel about a series of murders of children in the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw under Nazi rule, through the slight mystic element jarred slightly for me (the story was... Read more
Published 8 months ago by John Hopper
Astounding book...
Richard Zimler's "The Warsaw Anagrams" is a combination historical mystery, Holocaust study, and exploration of religious beliefs. Read more
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