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Ministry of Special Cases

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ISBN-10: 0375704442

ISBN-13: 9780375704444

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nathan Englander

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From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, Nathan Englander's debut novelThe Ministry of Special Casescasts a powerful spell. In the heart of Argentina's Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who won't accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence. When the nightmare of the disappeared children brings the Poznan family to its knees, they are thrust into the unyielding corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases, a terrifying, byzantine refuge of last resort. Through the devastation of a single family, Englander brilliantly captures the…    
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Book details

List price: $15.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 4.20" wide x 7.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.352
Language: English

Nathan Englander is the author of the internationally bestselling story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges and the novel The Ministry of Special Cases. Translated into more than a dozen languages, Englander was selected as one of '20 Writers for the 21st Century' by The New Yorker. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a PEN/Malamud Award, the Bard Fiction Prize, and the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts & Letters.http://www.nathanenglander.com/ http://nathanenglander.tumblr.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NEnglander https://twitter.com/NathanEnglander