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Red Stones (Paperback)
Jonas Zdanys; Illustrated by Steven Schroeder
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"A classic of Holocaust literature from "one of the great masters
of the short novel."
--The New Yorker
In the Vilna Ghetto during World War II, Nazi Commandant Schoger
demands that all children be sent to the death camp. When Abraham
Lipman pleads with him to spare their lives, Schoger reconsiders,
and tells Lipman there will be a chess match between himself and
Lipman's only surviving son, Isaac, a chess prodigy. If Isaac wins,
the children will live, but Isaac will die. If Isaac loses, the
children will die, but Isaac will live. Only a draw will save the
ghetto from this terrible predicament.
The chess game begins: a nightmarish contest played over the course
of several evenings, witnessed by an audience impotent to act,
staking the lives of their children on a stalemate. This is a
moving story of a father and a son who shame their cruel
perpetrator with their dignity, spirit, and extraordinary courage.
Stalemate speaks to the power of humor even under the direst
circumstances. As a parable that gives voice to the unspeakable,
Stalemate is an antidote to despair.
"Gripping . . . a truly memorable work."
--Booklist "
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