The Old Child And The Book Of Words
Erpenbeck, Jenny (Y) / Bernofsky, Susan
Two classic tales from the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. A child is found standing on the street with an empty bucket in her hand and no memory of her name, her family or her past. Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life. In the company of these girls, we are compelled to tr...