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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Short stories in which a grandfather gambles on the monsoon rains, a consort has a new assignment, a religious man struggles with his demons. Central to the book is Isabella Sin, a girl from a small town who has become a prisoner of conscience in Malaysia's most notorious detention camp"--
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English
Description
Maria Florkowska is many things: daughter, avid chess player, and, as a member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a young woman brave beyond her years. Captured by the Gestapo, she is imprisoned in Auschwitz, but while her family is sent to their deaths, she is spared. Realizing her ability to play chess, the sadistic camp deputy, Karl Fritzsch, decides to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. However,...
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