Chasing the King of Hearts

Hanna Krall

Original title: Chasing the king of hearts

earliest edition we have, 2013 Peirene Press, Limited, 2013

"This canonical work of Polish reportage is a terse, unexpected human lesson born of an occupation-era love story. Based on a true story, the raw interplay of history and fictionalization spans the Warsaw Ghetto, the war-torn countryside, and the nightmare of Auschwitz. This is the book's first US publication. Hanna Krall was born in 1935 in Poland and survived the Holocaust by hiding in a cupboard. She has received...

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Philip Boehm 1 printing we hold · 2017 · The Feminist Press at CUNY

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Chasing the King of Hearts edition · 2017 · Feminist Press at The City University of New York · 192 pages · 9781558614116
Chasing the king of hearts edition · 2017 · The Feminist Press at CUNY · 193 pages · 9781558619449
Chasing the King of Hearts edition · 2013 · Peirene Press, Limited · 9781908670137

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