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In search of a name : a novel
- Title
- In search of a name : a novel / Marjolijn van Heemstra ; translated by Jonathan Reeder.
- Author
- Heemstra, Marjolijn van, 1981-
- Publication
- New York : Atria Books, 2020.
- ©2020
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 21-583 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Reeder, Jonathan
- Description
- 196 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Marjolijn van Heemstra has heard about her great-uncle's heroism for as long as she can remember. As a resistance fighter, he was the mastermind of a bombing operation that killed a Dutch man who collaborated with the Nazis, and later became a hero to everyone in the family. So, when Marjolijn's grandmother bestows her with her great-uncle's signet ring requesting that she name her future son after him, Marjolijn can't say no. Now pregnant with her firstborn, she embarks on a quest to uncover the true story behind the myth of her late relative. Chasing leads from friends and family, and doing her own local research, Marolijn realizes that the audacious story she always heard is not as clear-cut as it was made out to be. As her belly grows, her doubts grow, too - was her uncle a hero or a criminal? Vivid, hypnotic, and profoundly moving, In Search of a Name explores war and its aftermath and how the stories we tell and the stories we are told always seem to exist somewhere between truth and fiction. "--Provided by publisher.
- Uniform Title
- En we noemen hem. English
- Alternative Title
- En we noemen hem.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Autobiographical fiction.
- Novels.
- Note
- "Originally published in the Netherland ins 2017 by Das Mag Uitgeverij B. V. as En we noemen hem." -- Title page verso.
- Call Number
- JFD 21-583
- ISBN
- 9781982100483
- 1982100486
- 9781982158460
- 1982158468
- 9781982100506 (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 1206357383
- Author
- Heemstra, Marjolijn van, 1981- author.
- Title
- In search of a name : a novel / Marjolijn van Heemstra ; translated by Jonathan Reeder.
- Publisher
- New York : Atria Books, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1939-1945
- Added Author
- Reeder, Jonathan, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 21-583