Description
Julek has assumed countless different identities, lived with numerous families, and worked as a secret agent for the Resistance. He was raised in an orphanage (despite having two mothers) and he knows how to speak the language of dogs. All this at the tender age of fourteen Julek's story begins in Warsaw on the eve of World War II and ends in Paris after the city's triumphant liberation. We witness the darkest hours of the past century and the effects of war through the eyes of an extraordinary boy who never loses his sense of wonder. Julek's adventure becomes an incredible lesson in survival and a testament to the power of the imagination. Moviegoers who enjoyed the Academy Award-winning movie Life is Beautiful will love Joanna Gruda's Revolution Baby. Touching upon themes dealt with in the classic Diary of Anne Frank and exhibiting the same love of life and of storytelling as Yann Martel's Life of Pi, this debut novel is as moving as it is finely crafted.
Author: Joanna Gruda
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781609451981
ISBN10: 1609451988
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming of Age
- Fiction | Historical | General
Author: Joanna Gruda
Publisher: Europa Editions
Published: 05/06/2014
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781609451981
ISBN10: 1609451988
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Coming of Age
- Fiction | Historical | General
About the Author
Born in Poland, Joanna Gruda arrived in Trois-Rivières, Canada, by boat at the age of two. She acted in the theater and worked as a comedian for many years, and she is a translator and an editor. Revolution Baby is her debut novel.