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_b.T67C45Z83 2013
100 1 _aTopol, Jáchym,
_d1962-
245 1 4 _aThe Devil's workshop /
_cJáchym Topol ; translated from the Czech by Alex Zucker.
260 _aLondon :
_bPortobello Books,
_c2013.
300 _a166 p.
500 _aTranslation of: Chladnou zemi. 2009.
520 _aThe devil had his workshop in Belarus. That's where the deepest graves are. But no one knows about it.' A young man grows up in a town with a sinister history. The concentration camp may have been liberated years ago, but its walls still cast their long shadows and some of the inhabitants are quite determined to not to allow anyone to forget. When the camp is marked for demolition, one of the survivors begins a campaign to preserve it, quickly attracting donations from wealthy benefactors, a cult-like following of young travellers, and a steady stream of tourists buying souvenir t-shirts. But before long, the authorities impose a brutal crack-down, leaving only an 'official' memorial and three young collaborators whose commitment to the act of remembering will drive them ever closer to the evils they hoped to escape.
546 _aTranslated from the Czech.
586 _aEnglish PEN Award.
700 1 _aZucker, Alex.
740 0 _aChladnou zemi.
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999 _c2783
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