Bibliograph

The book of dirt, Bram Presser

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The book of dirt, Bram Presser

Language

eng

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not applicable

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

The book of dirt

Responsibility statement

Bram Presser

Summary

They chose not to speak and now they are gone... What's left to fill the silence is no longer theirs. This is my story, woven from the threads of rumour and legend. Jakub Rand flees his village for Prague, only to find himself trapped by the Nazi occupation. Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, he is forced to sort through Jewish books for a so-called Museum of the Extinct Race. Hidden among the rare texts is a tattered prayer book, hollow inside, containing a small pile of dirt. Back in the city, Frantika Roubikova picks over the embers of her failed marriage, despairing of her conversion to Judaism. When the Nazis summon her two eldest daughters for transport, she must sacrifice everything to save the girls from certain death. Decades later, Bram Presser embarks on a quest to find the truth behind the stories his family built around these remarkable survivors

Target audience

adult

Contributor

Creator