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Carry me across the water

Paperback • 2002 • English • 1. edition

Carry me across the water

By Ethan Canin

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About the book

Taking the advice of no one, young August Kleinman is told by his mother, as around them in Hamburg the Nazi party is rising to power. With these words alone to guide him, August escapes to America, where he builds a fortune, a family, and a life, on his own daring terms. August's character and fate are shaped by a shocking encounter in a cave with a Japanese soldier, a lifelong passion for an Italian girl named Ginger and estrangement from his own children. Finally, his journey unfolded, August...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780747559245

Publisher

Bloomsbury

Published year

2002

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Carry me across the water

Format

Paperback

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