Anna and the Swallow Man

from jfe16

In 1939 Kraków, Anna's Lania's father, a Jagiellonian University linguistics professor, leaves her with Herr Doktor Fuchsmann, the local pharmacist. When he fails to return [because the Germans are purging Poland of the intellectuals and have imprisoned all the university professors], the frighte...

from thornton37814

This tale is part historical fiction, part magical realism, and probably parts of other genres as well. It's the story of a seven-year-old girl whose father is taken by the Germans. As she wanders, she meets a man she grows to call the Swallow Man because of his love for birds. Anna and the reade...

from brangwinn

What a sad story. Anna's young life is turned upside down, when her father is taken away by German soldiers. As a 7-year-old she doesn't know what to do. No one claims her. When a man speaks to her, she sees him as the adult she needs and follows him. Reluctantly he takes her along as they roam P...

from lilibrarian

7-year-old Anna doesn't know what happened to her father, but she can't get into her apartment and has nowhere to go. Attaching herself to a man she meets on the street, the two wander for years together through occupied Poland, doing what is needed to survive.

from ChristianR

World War II, and Anna has attached herself to the Swallow Man in order to survive. For years they wander through Europe, doing all they can to stay alive. The entire time he remains a mystery to Anna, yet a deep bond develops between the two. Eventually a deep secret of his is inadvertently reve...