La ciudad que el diablo se llevó /

La ciudad que el diablo se llevó /

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Author / Creator:	Toscana, David, 1961-
Edition:	1a ed.
Imprint:	México D.F. : Alfaguara, 2012.
Description:	260 p. ; 24 cm
Language:	Spanish
Subject:	Occupation of Poland (1939-1945) World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland -- Warsaw -- Fiction. Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945 -- Fiction. Warsaw (Poland) -- Fiction. Poland. Poland -- Warsaw. Fiction. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9049339

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ISBN:	6071120594 (softcover) 9786071120595 (softcover)
Summary:	After the German occupation, Warsaw is a city in ruins, inhabited by persons who lost almost everything. And now, under Russian rule, they have to find a sense of existing. They can't think ahead to a possible future. First the have to survive. And some can even find beauty hidden in the ruins. Tras la ocupación alemana, Varsovia es un ciudad en ruinas, habitada por personas que casi lo perdieron todo y ahora, bajo el yugo rojo, tienen que encontrarle un sentido a su existencia. No basta la idea de un futuro posible. Primero es necesario sobrevivir. Hacerlo entre escombros es la proeza de los verdaderos héroes; aquellos que superon encontrar la belleza escondida tras los bombardeos, en el gueto o en esa extraña amistad que se da entre los caídos.

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Summary:	Four friends survive WWII. Now in their sixties and with no plans for their future, they must survive the reconstruction of Warsaw. Boyishly innocent, Feliks will rat out anyone in order to save himself. Ludwik, a gravedigger, provides all kinds of unusual services. Kazimierz lives with a nurse who loves another. And Eugeniusz, a priest, is convinced he is capable of any number of miracles, including bringing back the dead.
Physical Description:	260 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN:	6071120594 9786071120595