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The Little Liar [electronic resource] Mitch Albom.

Albom, Mitch, 1958- (author,, narrator.).

Summary:

Beloved bestselling author Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a small village in Greece during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards "the east" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved?and all the others?to their doom at Auschwitz. Nico never tells the truth again. In The Little Liar, his first novel set during the Holocaust, Mitch Albom interweaves the stories of Nico, his brother Sebastian, and their schoolmate Fanni, who miraculously survive the death camps and spend years searching for Nico, who has become a pathological liar, and the Nazi officer who radically changed their lives. As the decades pass, Albom reveals the consequences of what they said, did, and endured. A moving parable that explores honesty, survival, revenge and devotion, The Little Liar is Mitch Albom at his very best. Narrated by the voice of Truth itself, it is a timeless story about the harm we inflict with our deceits, and the power of love to ultimately redeem us.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063340169
  • ISBN: 006334016X
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: [S.I.] : HarperAudio, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by the author.
Subject: Literature.
Historical Fiction.
Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
Holocaust survivors > Fiction.
Mythomania > Fiction.
Fiction.
Literature.
Historical Fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.
Historical fiction.
Audiobooks.

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  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2024 January

    In 1943, SS officer Udo Graf manipulates 11-year-old Nico into convincing his neighbors to board trains heading to "new homes." Officer Udo promises Nico and his neighbors that the trains are going to Poland, where Jewish families are assured jobs and safety. Nico soon realizes he has told a devastating lie when his family is loaded into a crowded boxcar headed to Auschwitz. After the war's end, Nico settles in the United States, while his brother Sebastian, who blames Nico for sending their parents to their deaths, searches for Nico and for former SS officer Graf. Narrating his own novel, Albom (The Stranger in the Lifeboat) brings the story to life, adding just the right inflection to every word. He fleshes out the characters' personalities and creates visual scenes that encapsulate each person's distinct culture and background. His voice is gentle and soft, tenderly embodying the novel's deep feeling; this emotive presentation will have listeners utterly invested in the story's outcome. VERDICT Albom's latest explores betrayal, survival, and revenge against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece during World War II. The author's many fans will be well satisfied.—Anna Ching-Yu Wong

    Copyright 2024 Library Journal.

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