The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman

Price: $14.95

ISBN: 039333306X

ISBN-13: 9780393333060

Data published: 2008

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.

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The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw—and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants—otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes.

With her exuberant prose and exquisite sensitivity to the natural world, Diane Ackerman engages us viscerally in the lives of the zoo animals, their keepers, and their hidden visitors. She shows us how Antonina refused to give in to the penetrating fear of discovery, keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her. 8 pages of illustrations.

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Details of the Book: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

Author: Diane Ackerman

Number Of Pages: 368

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1840373717

ISBN-13: 9780393333060

Language: English

Amazon Sales Rank: 1918

Publication Date: 2008

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.

Package Dimensions: 1.00 x 8.20 x 5.40 inches

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