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A remarkable novel written by the Brazilian journalist Bernardo Kucinski. K is the story of a father who searches desperately for his daughter, disappeared' during the military dictatorship in Brazil. The father is himself a refugee from Poland in the 1930s. He is racked by feelings of guiltthat because he was immersed in his Yiddish writing and scholarship, he did not really know his daughter or the danger that threatened her. The novel is based on a true story the disappearance of Kucinski's younger sister in 1973. As the author says, Everything in this book is invented but almost everything happened'.The first Brazilian edition sold out in a few weeks, and the novel has been shortlisted for literary awards in Brazil and Portugal. Most recently it has been short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2015.

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    A Hardback by Bernardo Kucinski, Sue Branford

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      Publisher Practical Action Publishing
      Published 29 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9781909014077
      978-1909014077
      ISBN-10 1909014079

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      Book Synopsis
      A remarkable novel written by the Brazilian journalist Bernardo Kucinski. K is the story of a father who searches desperately for his daughter, disappeared' during the military dictatorship in Brazil. The father is himself a refugee from Poland in the 1930s. He is racked by feelings of guiltthat because he was immersed in his Yiddish writing and scholarship, he did not really know his daughter or the danger that threatened her. The novel is based on a true story the disappearance of Kucinski's younger sister in 1973. As the author says, Everything in this book is invented but almost everything happened'.The first Brazilian edition sold out in a few weeks, and the novel has been shortlisted for literary awards in Brazil and Portugal. Most recently it has been short-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2015.

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