Gratitude: A Novel
by Joseph Kertes
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By the time World War II ends in 1945, over half a million Hungarian Jews will have been murdered. "Gratitude" tells the story of that period, through the eyes of the wealthy Beck family, whose lives and loves are saved and lost.Tags
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This book is a real grabber. It deals with a jewish family in Hungary during World War II. Their daily struggles and perils and the character that they had to deal with them inspired me to learn more. Raoul Wallenberg figured greatly in the novel.
Incidentally, this book is from Dr. Elaine Newton's summer reading list and the only one of the 35 plus that my local library didn't have. I managed to get it from an inter-library loan and because it came from an outside library I had only 2 weeks to read it, and was in the middle of reading another selection form the list Union Atlantic. But because the book was such a page turner, I finished all almost 500 pages with 2 days to spare!
Incidentally, this book is from Dr. Elaine Newton's summer reading list and the only one of the 35 plus that my local library didn't have. I managed to get it from an inter-library loan and because it came from an outside library I had only 2 weeks to read it, and was in the middle of reading another selection form the list Union Atlantic. But because the book was such a page turner, I finished all almost 500 pages with 2 days to spare!
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 2008
- People/Characters
- Lili; Istvan Beck; Paul Beck; Rozsi Beck; Klari Beck; Robert Beck (show all 8); Simon Beck; Marta Foldi
- Important places
- Budapest, Hungary; Szeged, Hungary; Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camps, Oświęcim, Lesser Poland, Poland
- Important events
- World War II; Holocaust; German invasion of Hungary (1944)
- First words
- Lili crouched behind a wardrobe, dressed in a wedding gown.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She smiled back, just as he drifted off to sleep.
- Blurbers
- Doyle, Roddy; Jin, Ha; Vassanji, M. G.; Choy, Wayson; Friedman, Bruce Jay
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PR9199.3 .K4275 .G73 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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Statistics
- Members
- 127
- Popularity
- 256,440
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.86)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 3
