- Title:
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Fever at Dawn
- Written by:
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Péter Gárdos
- Read by:
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Arthur Morey
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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5
- Duration:
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6 hours 4 minutes
- Published:
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April 01 2016
- Available Date:
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April 01 2016
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489340832
- Genres:
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Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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International bestseller
'Fever at Dawn belongs to the canon of extraordinary true stories about love and war and the power of letters. Dramatic, compassionate and deeply moving, this unforgettable story reminds us that the Holocaust is not only history it’s a warning.'
Jennifer Clement
Fever at Dawn is a love story for the ages. Based on the letters of the author’s parents, it’s a sad and joyous tale that will stay with you long after its happy ending.
In July 1945, Miklós, a Hungarian survivor of Belsen, arrives in a refugee camp in Sweden. He is skin and bone, and has no teeth. The doctor says he has only months to live.
But Miklós has other plans. He acquires a list of 117 young Hungarian women who are also in refugee camps in Sweden, and he writes a letter to each of them – obsessively, in his beautiful hand, sitting in the shade of a tree in the hospital garden. One of those young women, he is sure, will become his wife.
In a camp hundreds of kilometres away, Lili reads his letter. Idly, she decides to write back.
Letter by letter, the pair fall in love. In December 1945 they find a way to meet. They have only three days together, and they fall in love all over again. Now they have to work out how to get married while there is still time ...
This story really happened.
'Fever at Dawn is a riveting and high-spirited journey from the brink of death toward life, a novel that asserts the power of love in a world newly devastated by unspeakable hate. With courage, humour, and unfailing emotional honesty, Péter Gárdos illuminates the incredible power of the human will – the drive not just to stay alive, but to fight for a life worth celebrating.'
Julie Orringer, bestselling author of The Invisible Bridge
'The impossibly moving story of two damaged youths who forge from their amour for a love that will light the decades ahead. With playfulness and charm, with iron conviction, Fever at Dawn will convince you that it’s possible not only to survive the worst of human hell, but to transcend it.'
Francisco Goldman, author of Say Her Name
'A magnificent novel, tonally flawless, its humour defiant in the face of vast tragedy.'
Joan London
'Books don’t make me cry. Fever At Dawn did. Drawing you in with pathos and playful wit, it squeezes the heart with sorrow and leaves it expanded with joy and love.'
Gabor Maté MD, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts