Fugitive Pieces: Bloomsbury Modern Classics Paperback – Big Book, 21 September 2017

La sensibilità e la delicatezza della scrittura di Anne Michaels è una certezza. La sua capacità di riflessione trascina il lettore verso nuove prospettive e orizzonti. Se vi piacciono i libri introspettivi, lo consiglio.

This is one of my absolute favourites. Bought it to read for the fifth time. Deeply touching. The prose is poetic and beautifully written.

I was surprised to learn that this book was first published over 20 years ago - its story remains so relevant and poignant. Anna Michaels traces the life of Jakob Beer: From his meeting with Athos in a Polish forest at the age of 7 through to the memories and the people he leaves in the world after his death. Michaels writes her story in a series of moments - this allows her to immerse us in her beautiful and evocative writing then move us on without loads of 'linking prose'. (It's a clever approach when you consider she's harnessed her skill as a poet into this unusual novel structure.) This could have produced quite a disjointed read but it doesn't. The novel flows in and out of all of these delicious moments and is a wonderful way to experience Jakob's journey. It just goes to show that it's worth looking outside whatever's 'current' for a great read. Fugitive Pieces is beautifully told and exquisitely written.

Un autre éclairage sur la WW2 et les persécutions nazies....où comment revivre et se reconstruire après le trauma. Une belle histoire d'amour filiale aussi.

Eine erstaunlich prägnante und aussagekräftige Erzählkunst, stellenweise fast poetisch, und spannend zu lesen. Die Personen, dihre Handlungen und Motive, die Ereignisse werden äusserst einfühlsam geschildert