A beautiful new limited edition paperback of Fugitive Pieces published as part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics list Athos & I stood together on deck & looked across the water at the bright city From this distance no one would guess the turmoil that had torn apart Greece The sea began to darken & Athens glowing in the distance seemed to float on the horizon like a bright ship Jakob Beer is seven years old when he is rescued from the ruins of a buried village in Nazi-occupied Poland He is the only one of his family to have survived the invasion Adopted by his saviour the Greek geologist Athos Jakob must steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history A novel of astounding beauty & wisdom Fugitive Pieces is a profound meditation on the resilience of the human spirit & love's ability to restore even the most damaged of hearts