“Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city.”
Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces
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Quotes from bookFugitive Pieces
Fugitive Pieces is a novel by Canadian poet Anne Michaels. The story is divided into two sections. The first centers around Jakob Beer, a Polish Holocaust survivor while the second involves a man named Ben, the son of two Holocaust survivors. It was first published in Canada in 1996 and was published in the United Kingdom the following year. Since the publication, the novel has won awards such as Books in Canada First Novel Award, the Trillium Book Award, Orange Prize for Fiction, Guardian Fiction Prize and the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize. For over two years the novel was on Canada's bestseller list, and it was translated into over 20 different languages.
“Some stones are so heavy only silence helps you carry them!”
Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces
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“Any given moment—no matter how casual, how ordinary—is poised, full of gaping life.”
Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces
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“Reading a poem in translation is like kissing a woman through a veil.”
Anne Michaels book Fugitive Pieces
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