by Amy Bloom · Granta Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847080523
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«Away» is the historical novel by Amy Bloom, published by Granta Books in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Set in the 1920s, the novel follows Lillian Leyb, a young Russian immigrant who, after losing her family in a pogrom, tries to make her way in New York. When news arrives that her daughter Sophie might be alive, Lillian embarks on an odyssey from the Lower East Side to Alaska, following the telegraph route towards Siberia.
The Granta Books edition came out in May 2008 and the work falls within historical and literary fiction.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and literary narrative, it is also a common choice for reading groups.
Amy Beth Bloom is an American writer and psychotherapist. She is professor of creative writing at Wesleyan University, and has been nominated for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
