Gerhardt Klinsmann, a German guard stationed at Auschwitz
concentration camp, anguishes over the man he has become. He
despises the camp and his job, and, responding to an attack of
conscience, he helps a pregnant prisoner escape. After the war,
Klinsmann returns to his home in Kassel, Germany, determined to
start life over. But he is accused of war crimes and becomes a man
on the run, fleeing from a brutal past that haunts him at every
turn.
Seventeen years later, Mikhail Krol, a boy living in communist
Poland, learns from a drunken uncle he was adopted as a toddler and
that his biological father was a German soldier. Devastated by this
shocking revelation, Mik feels his whole life has been a lie. He
vows to find his biological father and his birth mother, described
to him as a mysterious, dark-skinned foreigner who sang to him in a
strange language.
Mik's commitment to discovering his heritage takes him to East
Berlin and Paris during the height of the Cold War and eventually
to Buenos Aires, Argentina-a journey that confirms his worst
suspicions when he uncovers the shocking truth about his
parents.
General
Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2014 |
First published: |
April 2014 |
Authors: |
Christine Harris
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
290 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4917-2856-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
|
LSN: |
1-4917-2856-6 |
Barcode: |
9781491728567 |
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