Gwen Edelman Livres

Set against the backdrop of post-war London, the story follows Jascha, a successful writer haunted by his past, and Lilka, who longs to revisit her childhood memories of Warsaw. After receiving an invitation to read in Warsaw, they embark on a train journey through a winter landscape. Their return to the city brings them face-to-face with their shared history and the secrets that still linger between them, forcing them to confront the impact of their wartime experiences on their relationship.

"Kitty and Joseph meet in a bookstore in New York. She is thirty-wo, an aspiring writer. He is sixty, a Viennese Jew, a famous playwright who has survived the Holocaust. In a faded bohemian hotel, they begin an obsessive and all-consuming affair."--Jacket