Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/autobiography/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0007 407568 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/autobiography/engine/rss.php:0 Gavriel Savit - Free Library Land Online - Autobiography https://autobiography.library.land/ ru Gavriel Savit - Free Library Land Online - Autobiography DataLife Engine Come See the Fair https://autobiography.library.land/gavriel-savit/647435-come_see_the_fair.html https://autobiography.library.land/gavriel-savit/647435-come_see_the_fair.html Come See the Fair
An unforgettable story of magic, mediums, and séances set during the Chicago World’s Fair from the author of the National Book Award finalist The Way Back.
Twelve-year-old orphan Eva Root travels the country pretending to channel spirits at séances. Her audiences swear their loved ones have spoken to them from beyond the grave. This, of course, is impossible.
But one day, Eva experiences another impossibility: she hears a voice in her head telling her to come to the World’s Fair in Chicago. There, she meets a mysterious magician who needs her help to bring magic to life. But as their work progresses, Eva begins to suspect that the project's goals may not be as noble as they seem. And when tragedy strikes, Eva will have to reach beyond death itself to unravel the mystery of the magician's plan—before it’s too late. 
From the author of the National Book Award finalist The Way Back comes a story...]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 08:15:06 +0300 The Way Back https://autobiography.library.land/gavriel-savit/572869-the_way_back.html https://autobiography.library.land/gavriel-savit/572869-the_way_back.html The Way Back
LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

Perfect for readers of Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman, a sweeping historical fantasy that follows two teens on a journey through the Far Country, a Jewish land of spirits and demons.
For the Jews of Eastern Europe, demons are everywhere: dancing on the rooftops in the darkness of midnight, congregating in the trees, harrowing the dead, even reaching out to try and steal away the living.
But the demons have a land of their own: a Far Country peopled with the souls of the transient dead, governed by demonic dukes, barons, and earls. When the Angel of Death comes strolling through the little shtetl of Tupik one night, two young people will be sent spinning off on a journey through the Far Country. There they will make pacts with ancient demons, declare war on Death himself, and maybe— just maybe—find a way to make it back alive.
Drawing inspiration from the Jewish folk tradition, The Way...]]> Wed, 01 Jan 2020 11:45:07 +0200 Anna and the Swallow Man https://autobiography.library.land/gavriel-savit/208685-anna_and_the_swallow_man.html https://autobiography.library.land/gavriel-savit/208685-anna_and_the_swallow_man.html Anna and the Swallow Man
A stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel set in Poland during the Second World War perfect for readers of The Book Thief.

Kraków, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up. Anna Łania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father, a linguistics professor, during their purge of intellectuals in Poland. She's alone.

And then Anna meets the Swallow Man. He is a mystery, strange and tall, a skilled deceiver with more than a little magic up his sleeve. And when the soldiers in the streets look at him, they see what he wants them to see.

The Swallow Man is not Anna's father--she knows that very well--but she also knows that, like her father, he's in danger of being taken, and like her father, he has a gift for languages: Polish, Russian, German, Yiddish, even Bird. When he summons a bright, beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying, Anna is...]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2016 04:16:52 +0200