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Description
In 1936 the Schwarts, an immigrant family desperate to escape Nazi Germany, settle in a small town in upstate New York, where the father, a former high school teacher, is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. After local prejudice and the family's own... read more
Memorable Quotes
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“She told that they had souls that were "little flames" inside their bodies, in the area of their hearts; these little flames would never go out, unlike ordinary fire"”
Miss Lutter -
“Always there is a way out. If you can make yourself small enought, like a worm.”
First Sentence
" In animal life the weak are quickly disposed of."
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Authors & Contributors
- Joyce Carol Oates (Author)
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