The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story из жанра Современная русская и зарубежная проза

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

Военная проза, Современная русская и зарубежная проза

Автор: Акерман Диана

Язык: английский

Год: 2007

Издатель: W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN: 978-0-755-36504-3

Город: New York

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Аннотация

When Germany invades Poland, Luftwaffe bombers devastate Warsaw and the city’s zoo along with it. With most of their animals killed, or stolen away to Berlin, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Żabiński begin smuggling Jews into the empty cages. More “guests” hide inside the Żabińskis’s villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing and, on rare occasions of calm, piano concerts. They call this refuge from the Nazi occupation “The House Under a Crazy Star”. As the war escalates Jan becomes increasingly involved in the anti-Nazi resistance. Ammunition is buried in the elephant enclosure and explosives stored in the animal hospital. Plans are prepared for what will become the Warsaw uprising. Through the ever-present fear of discovery, Antonina must keep her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and animal inhabitants—otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes—as Europe crumbles around them.