"This enthralling novel describes an undying passion for antiquity with an underlying theme of great poignancy. A great read."
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Philippe de Montebello, former director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“Absorbing … What distinguishes Goldenberg’s book from much of the vast library of Holocaust literature is its distance from the campaign to exterminate European Jewry. It is the story of a young woman’s attempt to make sense of history more than it is a direct evocation of the roundups, cattle cars, and gas chambers … Will leave Americans fascinated by the cruelty and loyalty born in the city of Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, and Anna Goldenberg.”
The Forward