“[A]splendiddebutnovel....Thisismasterlystorytelling.“--TheNewYorkTimesSetinPolandduringtheSecondWorldWar,AnnaandtheSwallowManisastunning,literary,andwhollyoriginalNewYorkTimesbestsellerandPublishersWeeklybestbookoftheyearperfectforreadersofTheBookThiefandAlltheLightWeCannotSee.Krak籀w,1939.Amillionmarchingsoldiersandathousandbarkingdogs.Thisisnoplacetogrowup.AnnaLaniaisjustsevenyearsoldwhentheGermanstakeherfather,alinguisticsprofessor,duringtheirpurgeofintellectualsinPoland.She’salone.AndthenAnnameetstheSwallowMan.Heisamystery,strangeandtall,askilleddeceiverwithmorethanalittlemagicuphissleeve.Andwhenthesoldiersinthestreetslookathim,theyseewhathewantsthemtosee.TheSwallowManisnotAnna’sfather--sheknowsthatverywell--butshealsoknowsthat,likeherfather,he’sindangerofbeingtaken,andlikeherfather,hehasagiftforlanguages:Polish,Russian,German,Yiddish,evenBird.Whenhesummonsabright,beautifulswallowdowntohishandtostopherfromcrying,Annaisentranced.Shefollowshimintothewilderness.Overthecourseoftheirtravelstogether,AnnaandtheSwallowManwilldodgebombs,tamesoldiers,andeven,despitetheirbetterjudgment,makeafriend.Butinaworldgonemad,everythingcanprovedangerous.EventheSwallowMan.“Exquisite.“--TheWallStreetJournal“Agracefulstorysteepedinhistory,magic,myth,andarchetype.“--TheHornBookMagazine,Starred“Thisdeeplymovingdebutnovelcastsnaiveteagainstthecruelbackdropofinhumanity.“--PublishersWeekly,Starred“[A]quietexplorationofloveanditslimits.“--TheBulletin,Starred
