A man lies dreaming

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277 pages

English language

Published Feb. 20, 2014 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:
978-1-4447-6293-8
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OCLC Number:
896510457

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5 stars (1 review)

Deep in the heart of history's most infamous concentration camp, a man lies dreaming. His name is Shomer, and before the war he was a pulp fiction author. Now, to escape the brutal reality of life in Auschwitz, Shomer spends his nights imagining another world - a world where a disgraced former dictator now known only as Wolf ekes out a miserable existence as a low-rent PI in London's grimiest streets. An extraordinary story of revenge and redemption, A Man Lies Dreaming is the unforgettable testament to the power of imagination.

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reviewed A man lies dreaming by Lavie Tidhar

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5 stars

Few authors have hit me as “must-reads” as quickly as Lavie Tidhar..A Man Lies Dreaming delivers another amazing, mind-warping read. Blending classic detective noir with historical fiction, Tidhar crafts an intricate mystery that is also a brilliant Holocaust novel...another triumph for an author unafraid to confront issues that confound and overwhelm most writers. I’m calling it: Lavie Tidhar is one of the modern greats.

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Subjects

  • Private investigators
  • Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Revenge
  • German Prisoners and prisons
  • Fiction
  • Imagination
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Authors
  • Authorship