First published 2012. Noah's child is the fourth novel in the author's series Cycle de l'Invisible about childhood and religion. Translated from the French by Adriana Hunter. 1942, and the Jews are being deported from Belgium. Separated from his parents, seven-year-old Joseph must go into hiding. In the dead of night he is taken to an orphanage, the Villa Jaune, wehre the benign and enigmatic Father Pons presides over a motley assortment of children. It is there, with the looming threat of the Gestapo growing closer, Joseph learns that in order to survive, he must conceal his Jewish heritage. But he soon discovers that Father Pons has a secret of his own: he is risking his life not only for the boys in his care, but for the future of the Jewish faith itself.

Published: 2012

No. pages: 137

ISBN: 9781848874190

Condition: FAIR Ex-library copy - softcover - 140g