Fugitive Pieces
Anne Michaels · b. 1958 · Canada
Why it matters
A boy hidden in a Polish bog during the Holocaust is raised by a Greek geologist; decades later, a survivors' son reconstructs his life after his death. A poet's first novel, meditative and fragmentary, built entirely from the texture of memory and loss.
At a glance
war novelhistorical fictionpsychological novel
Difficulty 7/10slow pace300 pagesFragmentary, densely poetic prose moves associatively rather than through plot.
