The Most Precious of Cargoes: A Tale

by Grumberg, Jean-Claude
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ISBN: 9780062981790
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Set during the height of World War II, a powerful and unsettling tale about a woodcutter and his wife, who finds a mysterious parcel thrown from a passing train.

Once upon a time in an enormous forest lived a woodcutter and his wife. The woodcutter is very poor and a war rages around them, making it difficult for them to put food on the table. Yet every night, his wife prays for a child.

A Jewish father rides on a train holding twin babies. His wife no longer has enough milk to feed both children. In hopes of saving them both, he wraps his daughter in a shawl and throws her into the forest.

While foraging for food, the wife finds a bundle, a baby girl wrapped in a shawl. Although she knows harboring this baby could lead to her death, she takes the child home.

Set against the horrors of the Holocaust and told with a fairytale-like lyricism, The Most Precious of Cargoes is a fable about family and redemption which reminds us that humanity can be found in the most inhumane of places.


  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Grumberg, Jean-Claude
  • ISBN: 9780062981790
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.40 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 128
  • Publication Year: 2020

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