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In the Memory of the Forest Paperback - 1998
by Powers, Charles
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This haunting, evocative novel explores the impact of a murder on a community, and the grim tragedy of history and the fate of Jews in Poland during World War II. "Superb".--"The New York Times Book Review".
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- Title In the Memory of the Forest
- Author Powers, Charles
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Publication date 1998-05-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6698923-6
- ISBN 9780140272819 / 014027281X
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 7.88 x 5.08 x 0.9 in (20.02 x 12.90 x 2.29 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Category Fiction - General
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
- Quantity available 1
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Summary
When the body of Tomek, a young distillery worker, is found brutally murdered in the forest outside Jadowia in Poland, his boyhood friend, Leszek, decides to uncover the mystery behind Tomek?s death. Assuming the role of amateur sleuth, Leszek embarks on a clue-finding mission that takes him from country to city, into the grimy offices of once-powerful bureaucrats, and face-to-face with the Catholic Church?s pious and impotent priests. And as Leszek moves closer to the truth, he is confronted with another strange mystery: the disappearance of stones from the foundations of the town?s oldest houses. The further Leszek is drawn into this mystery, the deeper into the past he must search for answers about his people, the grim tragedy of the Holocaust, and ultimately, his own identity. In the Memory of the Forest is a haunting, evocative novel that explores the impact of a murder on a community, and of history and the fate of the Jews in Poland during World War II on a people.
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- New York Times, 07/26/1998, Page 28
