{"id":40826,"date":"2016-05-25T10:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T14:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=40826"},"modified":"2016-05-25T10:22:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T14:22:22","slug":"anna-swallow-man-gavriel-savit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/anna-swallow-man-gavriel-savit\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40749\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Anna-and-the-Swallow-Man-by-Gavriel-Savit-on-BookDragon-529x800.jpg\" alt=\"Anna and the Swallow Man by Gavriel Savit on BookDragon\" width=\"529\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Anna-and-the-Swallow-Man-by-Gavriel-Savit-on-BookDragon-529x800.jpg 529w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/04\/Anna-and-the-Swallow-Man-by-Gavriel-Savit-on-BookDragon.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/>Anna is 7 when her father disappears. In 1939 Krakow, Poland, being Jewish is enough to condemn people to death. When the Swallow Man appears\u00a0\u2013 so named for his ability to conjure and communicate with birds\u00a0\u2013 the unlikely pair reluctantly recognize in each other not only a\u00a0shared dexterity with\u00a0multiple\u00a0languages, but even more so the growing affinity to understand one another without words.<\/p>\n<p>For the duration of the terrifying war, Anna and the Swallow Man will journey through woods, travel roads, bypass horror, witness inhumanity; they will adapt again and again to other selves, with new names and different histories in order to stay hidden, in order to stay\u00a0alive.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who choose to go aural (do it! do it!), British actor Allan Corduner couldn&#8217;t be a better choice as\u00a0narrator. Just as he did for Marcus Zusak&#8217;s\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-book-thief-by-markus-zusak\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Book Thief<\/a><\/em>, Corduner once more takes an already spectacular text and enhances its appeal even further. We&#8217;re talking pure magic.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Corduner&#8217;s enchanting narration,\u00a0<em>Anna<\/em> \u2013 a startling, astonishing\u00a0fiction debut for stage actor <a href=\"http:\/\/gavrielsavit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gavriel Savit<\/a> \u2013 shares numerous other overlaps with\u00a0<em>Thief<\/em>: both are set during the Holocaust, both feature extraordinary young girls who manage to do more than survive in spite of unbearable circumstances, both are buoyed by the kindness of remarkable strangers who become family via experience and heart.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, both are multi-layered literary\u00a0gifts of stupendous achievement that demand your attention\u00a0\u2013 and adoration \u2013\u00a0<em>now<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna is 7 when her father disappears. 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