Fugitive Pieces

Winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction and winner of the Guardian Fiction Award. Of all the Orange Prize winners since it began, this is the 4th bestselling book. Reissued ahead of Anne Michaels' astonishing new novel, The Winter Vault With an introduction by John Berger

The prize-winning, bestselling debut novel from Anne Michaels, reissued with a striking new coverJakob Beer is seven years old when he is rescued from the muddy ruins of a buried village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Of his family, he is the only one who has survived. Under the guidance of the Greek geologist Athos, Jakob must steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history. A novel of astounding beauty and wisdom, Fugitive Pieces is a profound meditation on the resilience of the human spirit and love's ability to resurrect even the most damaged of hearts.