In the autumn of 1942, two young Polish women flee the ghetto and embark on a journey into the heart of enemy territory, working as hired laborers in the factories, farms, and villages of wartime Germany....
Named a New York Times Notable BookWinner of the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation PrizeWinner of the Anne Frank PrizeThese shattering stories describe the lives of ordinary people as they are compelled to do the unimaginabl...
Finalist, National Jewish Book Award 1997
A New York Times Notable Book
Ida Fink's first collection of short stories, A Scrap of Time, was universally hailed as a masterpiece. Traces continues Fink's portrait of life in Nazi-occupied Po...