Fugitive Pieces (Between the Covers Collection)

Product Description Anne Michaels's spellbinding novel has quickly become one of the most beloved and talked-about books of the decade. At the age of seven during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud of a buried Polish city and spirited to safety in Greece. There, in the seclusion of an unlikely savior, he spends the last years of the Occupation in precarious refuge. Decades later, after moving to North America, Jakob meets Ben, a young professor whose own connection to the wounding legacies of war kindle within him a fascination with the older man and his writing. An unforgettable exploration of grief and redemption, Fugitive Pieces draws us into the lives of its characters with compassion and recognition. About the Author Anne Michaels has won some of the world's most prestigious prizes for Fugitive Pieces, including the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, the Guardian Fiction Award, and the Jewish Quarterly Prize for Fiction. Award-winning actors and directors Neil Munro and Diego Mantamores narrate this spell-binding story. Neil Munro frequently performs and directs at the Stratford and Shaw festivals. Diego Matamores has performed in opera, musical theater and stage plays. He can be seen regularly on television in episodes of Due South and Traders.