A Tale of One January

by Albert Maltz

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Pub Date Jul 25 2023 | Archive Date Jul 24 2023

Bloomsbury USA | Calder Publications

General Fiction (Adult) | Historical Fiction

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Description

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march. Each is from a different background and a different country, but all have endured the horrors of imprisonment in Auschwitz. They find refuge in an abandoned factory, and suddenly they realize that they are no longer mere numbers. Even in their wild euphoria at being free, however, they can have no certainty about their future.
This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, a tale of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of the embrace of death – an unusual and moving tale that cements Albert Maltz's reputation as a compassionate observer of character and one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march. Each is from a different background and a different country, but all have endured the horrors of imprisonment in...

Advance Praise

"The narration is from the point of view of two women, one French, the other Dutch, whom the Nazi have widowed. The style is touchingly simple . . . their hopes and fears of rehabilitation come across convincingly and his background details are painfully vivid." —Times Literary Supplement

"Though it’s a short novel, one becomes deeply involved . . . There is real anguish in the sudden tragedy that overtakes them in the end." —Irish Times

"[A Tale of One January] has an inevitability that is wholly acceptable." —The Times

"The narration is from the point of view of two women, one French, the other Dutch, whom the Nazi have widowed. The style is touchingly simple . . . their hopes and fears of rehabilitation come...