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The Book of Aron

by Jim Shepard

Andrew Carnegie · 2016 · ShortlistKirkus Prize · 2015 · Shortlist
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KnopfLiterary FictionISBN 9781101874318

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction2016Shortlist
Kirkus Prize (Fiction)Fiction2015Shortlist

About This Book

Narrated by a Jewish boy named Aron living in occupied Warsaw during World War II, the novel chronicles life in the ghetto and Janusz Korczak's orphanage. A finalist for the 2015 Kirkus Prize.

About the Author

Jim ShepardUS

Jim Shepard is an American fiction writer and professor at Williams College. He is the author of several novels and story collections, including The Book of Aron and Like You'd Understand, Anyway.

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