: Biography & autobiography: general; The Holocaust
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Description
Begins as the story of a boy who grew up in a family haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust, an unmentionable subject that gripped his imagination from earliest childhood. In this rich and riveting narrative, a writer's search for the truth behind his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epicâÃÂàpart memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective workâÃÂàthat brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history. First published 2006.