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For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. Proud, grateful, and longing to be American, the... read more

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  • “I'm like a cash gift. I'm always appropriate.”

First Sentence

Nine months Landsman's been flopping at the Hotel Zamenhof without any of his fellow residents managing to get themselves murdered.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Michael Chabon (Author)

Awards

  • Locus (2008: Best science fiction novel)
  • Hugo (2008: Best science fiction novel)
  • Nebula (2007: Best science fiction or fantasy novel)
 

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