Book of Aron

Author(s): Jim Shepard

Fiction

Warsaw, Poland, 1939. My mother and father named me Aron, but my father said they should have named me What Have You Done or What Were You Thinking. Aron is a nine-year-old Polish Jew, and a troublemaker. As the walls go up around the ghetto in Warsaw, as the lice and typhus rage, food is stolen and even Jewish police betray their people, Aron smuggles from the other side to survive. In a place where no one thinks of anyone but himself, the only exception is Doctor Korczak; children's rights activist and embattled orphanage director. They call the Doctor a hero. Aron is not a hero. He is not special or selfless or spirited. He is ordinary. He is willing to do what the Doctor will not.


Product Information

Jim Shepard is the National Book Award-finalist and highly acclaimed author of six novels and four collections of stories, including Nosferatu and Like You'd Understand, Anyway. He lives in Massachusetts with his family and teaches creative writing at the historic liberal arts establishment Williams College.

General Fields

  • : 9781848667396
  • : Quercus Publishing Plc
  • : Quercus Publishing Plc
  • : April 2015
  • : 216mm X 135mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : May 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jim Shepard
  • : Paperback
  • : UK Airports
  • : 240