
Anna & the Swallow Man is a stunning literary & wholly original debut novel that tells a new WW2 story Krakow 1939 is no place to grow up There are a million marching soldiers & a thousand barking dogs & Anna Lania is just seven years old when the Germans take her father & suddenly she's alone Then she meets the Swallow Man He is a mystery strange & tall & like Anna's missing father he has a gift for languages Polish Russian German Yiddish even Bird When he summons a bright beautiful swallow down to his hand to stop her from crying Anna is entranced Over the course of their travels together Anna & the Swallow Man will dodge bombs tame soldiers & even despite their better judgement make a friend But in a world gone mad everything can prove dangerous