by Diane Ackerman · EDB FICCION · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466639347
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«La casa de la buena estrella» is the historical chronicle by Diane Ackerman, published by EDB Ficción in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
In occupied Warsaw, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, keepers of the zoo, hid Jews and Resistance members in empty cages and in their home. Drawing on Antonina's diary, Ackerman reconstructs how they helped more than three hundred people escape and reflects on kindness, violence, and the Nazi drive to dominate nature.
The original title of the work is 'The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story'. The Spanish translation is by Gloria Fortún Menor and the volume belongs to the Grandes Novelas collection.
Work suitable for readers of historical fiction, non-fiction about World War II, and book clubs.
Diane Ackerman is an American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her books and films.
