The Manuscript - Softcover

Zeller, Eva

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ISBN 10: 0224060252 ISBN 13: 9780224060257

Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2000

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In the attic of the house she has inherited from her grandparents, Bea finds a sealed envelope containing a manuscript written by a woman who, along with Bea's mother, was captured by the Russians in February 1945 and deported to a labor camp in Siberia. Bea starts to read it and at last, fifty years later, comes to know the circumstances leading up to her mother's death. She then meets Jacob Stern, a Berlin Jew who was the only member of his family to survive the war. Bea and Jacob's is a love story, though neither can find the language to break the silence and talk about the fate of their parents. Only during a trip to Russia do they at last find the words.

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"Full of grace and intelligence, not only true in that it is based on fact, but in the ways all good fiction can achieve." -"The Times

Synopsis:

Based on a true account of a German woman deported to Siberia in 1945, and on letters written by members of the author's own family, Eva Zeller has written this moving novel about love and trust, suffering and guilt. During a trip to Russia, Bea and Jacob at last find the words to talk about the fate of their parents.

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