Anna and the Swallow Man

Posted on 02 August 2018 by Gavriel Savit

Krak w, 1939 A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs This is no place to grow up Anna ania 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 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 entranced She follows him into the wilderness Over the course of their travels together, Anna and the Swallow Man will dodge bombs, tame soldiers, and even, despite their better judgment, make a friend But in a world gone mad, everything can prove dangerous Even the Swallow Man. New Read [ Anna and the Swallow Man ] author [ Gavriel Savit ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Gavriel Savit s literary debut is one of those rare, gorgeous little gems that leave you completely in awe of the author s talent Savit is incredibly skillful with words, a true artist fully aware of the importance of every single sentence Each one is a small work of art, poetic and beautiful in its simplicity The best thing about Anna and the Swallow Man is that it s told entirely from a child s perspective, a...Anna and the Swallow Man is stunning It s the first thing you ll notice about the book the captivating cover accompanied by instantly beautiful writing It is among the few literary young adult novels I ve read and it won t be the last.Anna and the Swallow Man retells a story we ve heard a million times one that needs to continue to be told, and it makes you feel like you re hearing it for the first time You feel the sadness and anger and confusion that our young protagonist feels, seeing t Anna and the Swallow Man is stunning It s the first thing you ll notice about the book the captivating cover accompanied by instantly beautiful writing It is among the few literary young adult novels I ve read and it won t be the last.Anna and the Swallow Man retells a story we ve heard a milli...This book took me by surprise and impressed me consistently Weaving elements of fairytale, folktale, historical fiction, magical realism, and the precarious balance between the adulthood and childhood world, Anna and the Swallow Man is a book of many facets that is nevertheless cohesive The Swallow Man is one of the most intriguing characters I have read about, and the mix of admiration and fear that I feel towards him is quite unique Anna s understanding of the Swallow Man and his world was This book took me by surprise and impressed me consistently Weaving elements of fairytale, folktale, historical fiction, magical realism, and the precarious balance betwe...3.5 StarsI m not sure what to make of this thing I m mostly pretty impressed, but my emotions run the gamut from WOW to WHAT THE Ultimately it left me bewildered, but it s the kind of bafflement that keeps replaying in my head, begging me to figure out what I just read I guess I need to ask a kid After all, the first Library of Congress categorization forAnna and the Swallow Man reads 1 Poland History Occupation, 1939 1945 Juvenile FictionOkay, yeah, sure, It s just a Poland ce 3.5 StarsI m not sure what to make of this thing I m mostly pretty impressed, but my emotions run the gamut from WOW to WHAT THE Ultimately it left me bewildered, but it s the kind of bafflement that keeps replaying in my head, begging me to figure out what I just read I guess I need to ask a kid After all, the first Library of Congress categorization forAnna and the Swallow Man reads 1 Poland History Occupation, 1939 1945 Juvenile FictionOkay, yeah, sure, It s just a Poland centric The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, right Well, not quite Yeah, they both deal with the holocaust and they both are told with a child s viewpoint, And they re both marketed to younger readers, though I cannot possibly imagine a young reader getting past a couple of extremely gruesome scenes nor comprehending or appreciating the allegory Polish folklore magi...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Let me start by saying this is a very strange book, that upset me in several ways I picked it up because of the comparisons to The Book Thief , which I loved I found it disturbing on several levels One Anna, aged 7, is left to fend for herself after her father,...This is a slim, beautifully written little book The first half is wonderful, and really gives you a sense for how confusing the beginning of the war would have been for a child It s almost fairy tale like B...There is no labyrinth as treacherous as that with neither paths nor wallsWhen seven year old Anna is placed in the company of a neighbor while her father attends to some business, she never thought that would be the last she would see of him The year is 1939 during the very beginning of World War II and the Germans are beginning their round up of scholars and Anna s father is a professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow Unsure what to do, Anna turns to a mysterious stranger she nameThere is no labyrinth as treacherous as that with neither paths nor wallsWhen seven year old Anna is placed in the company of a neighbor while her father attends to some business, she never thought that would be the last she would see of him The year is 1939 during the very beginning of World War II and the Germans are beginning their round up of scholars and Anna s father is a professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow Unsure what to do, Anna turns to a mysterious stranger she names Swallow Man after he displays his proficiency with languages including the ability to speak to birds Intrigued ...Actual Rating 2.5I m still SO confused about this novel But I don t really care enough about it to go sleuthing around on the interwebs.I would say don t waste your money on this perplexing piece of literature, but there is a small ...Lyrical writing based on a fairy tale and set during WWII this book should have made my head and heart implode with happiness Unfortunately I struggled to get as immersed in this as I would have liked The journey of Anna and her Swallow Man was a gruelling one, walking across countries over the span of years no idea how long, there s a lack of any kind of time reference through all seasons I should have felt the exhaustion, the cold and the hunger But I really didn t.I think that the wr Lyrical writing based on a fairy tale and set during WWII this book should have made my head and heart implode with happiness Unfortunately I struggled to get as immersed in this as I would have liked The journey of Anna and her Swallow Man was a gruelling one, walking across countries over the span of years no idea how long, there s a lack of any kind of time reference through all seasons I should have felt the exhaustion, the cold and the hunger But I really didn t.I think that the writing is lovely, and the multi linguality of the main characters was fantastic I love the innocence of Anna, and the Swallow Man s way of explaining war to her But beyond that it lost me, because I didn t really take anything else away from it I truly expected to love this book, but it was pretty wordy in parts...This review has also been posted on The Social Potato I don t read a lot of historical fiction but I absolutely adore middle grade novels so when I heard about Anna and the Swallow Man, I knew I was going to have a lot of feels and would probably need a lot of tissues The book however, turned out to be not exactly what I expected When I read the blurb, I thought that Anna and the Swallow Man would be right in the middle of the war instead of spending their time...

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02 August 2018

Gavriel Savit