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1939: Families in a remote Jewish village in Romania feel the war close in on them.
No One is Here Except All of Us
What you need to know before your trail
In 1939, the families in a remote Jewish village in Romania feel the war close in on them. Their tribe has moved and escaped for thousands of years- across oceans, deserts, and mountains-but now, it seems, there is nowhere else to go. Danger is imminent in every direction, yet the territory of imagination and belief is limitless. At the suggestion of an eleven-year-old girl and a mysterious stranger who has washed up on the riverbank, the villagers decide to reinvent the world: deny any relationship with the known and start over from scratch.
Travel Guide
Romania
The village is vague and is representative of so many.
The novel begins: “It began in 1939, at the northern edge of Romania, on a small peninsula cupped by a muddy river. The days then were still and peaceful.”
Home is in a valley in the Carpathian Mountains:
“Our village was complete and so were our lives within it: our ghosts were quiet under the earth and we were quiet above it.”.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: No One is Here Except All of Us
Destination: Romania Author/guide: Ramona Ausubel Departure Time: 1939
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