by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt - £7.99 Atlantic Books (2013)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9781848874190 | ISBN 10: 1848874197
It is 1942 and the Jews are being deported from Belgium. Separated from his parents, seven-year-old Joseph must go into hiding. He is taken in the dead of night to an orphanage, the Villa Jaune, where the benign and enigmatic Father Pons presides over a motley assortment of children. With the ever-present threat of the Gestapo growing closer, Joseph learns that the secret of survival is to conceal his Jewish heritage. Soon Joseph also discovers that Father Pons has a secret of his own: he is risking his life not only for the boys in his care, but for the Jewish faith itself.
Sensitive, funny and deeply humane, Noah's Child is a simple fable that reveals the complexities of faith, bravery and the human condition.
(Price & availability last checked: October 2019)
In booklists: Peace and War in Fiction,
In categories: Peace & Human Rights,
© News From Nowhere Co-operative Ltd IP24524R 2004-2025 | Privacy policy | Contact | return to top of page