The Hollow Bones by Leah Kaminsky - ISBN: 9781760899868
Paperback
Nazi ambition, stolen songs: a chilling search for Aryan origins.

The Hollow Bones

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    21 April 2020

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Summary

The Hollow Bones implores us to pay careful attention to the crucial lessons we might learn from our not-too-distant history.

“I remember you once told me about mockingbirds and their special talents for mimicry. They steal the songs from others, you said. I want to ask you this—how were our own songs stolen from us, the notes dispersed, while our faces were turned away?”

Berlin, 1936. Ernst Sch fer, a young, ambitious zoologist and keen hunter and collector, has come to the a…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760899868
ISBN-10:1760899860
Author:Leah Kaminsky
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:21 April 2020
Weight:240g
Dimensions:129mm x 198mm
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Critics Review

“It is wonderful to see Kaminsky return with such a startlingly interesting novel. The Hollow Bones confounds expectations in the most delightful way… . Leah writes exquisitely, with a poetry that never slows the captivating narrative. There is an authentic and lively feel to events, and the book grabs the reader immediately. Characters are vivid and the reader will quickly fall in love with the compassionate Herta, with her love of beauty, music and nature. Thankfully she remains a light in the very dark times… . This is a significant and enjoyable read, telling of love and nature, power and evil. It is a call to pay attention, to be truly ‘sentient’. Leah Kaminsky has achieved a work of stunning originality and heart, reimagining a forgotten slice of bizarre history into a gripping tale of love and evil. It will leave you incredibly moved, breathless with heartache and pondering the fragility of human and beast.” –Booktopia

About The Author

Leah Kaminsky

Leah Kaminsky is a physician and award-winning writer. Her debut novel, The Waiting Room, won the Voss Literary Prize. The Hollow Bones won both the Literary Fiction and Historical Fiction categories of the 2019 International Book Awards, and the 2019 American Book Fest’s Best Book Award for Literary Fiction. She is the author of ten books and holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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