Nothing the same, everything haunted, the ballad of Motl the cowboy, Gary Barwin
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Nothing the same, everything haunted, the ballad of Motl the cowboy, Gary Barwin
Language
eng
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Literary form
novels
Main title
Nothing the same, everything haunted
Oclc number
1241984152
Responsibility statement
Gary Barwin
Sub title
the ballad of Motl the cowboy
Summary
"Motl is middle-aged, poor, nerdy, Jewish and in desperate need of a shave. Since having his balls shot cleanly off as a youth in WWI, he's lived a quiet life at home in Vilnius with his shrewd and shrewish mom, Gitl, losing himself in the masculine fantasy world of cowboy novels by writers like Karl May - novels equally loved by Hitler, whose troops have just invaded Lithuania and are out to exterminate people like Motl. In his dreams, Motl is a fast-talking, rugged, expert gunslinger capable of dealing with the Nazi threat. But only in his dreams.As friends and neighbours are killed around them, Motl and Gitl escape from Vilnius, saving their own skins. But they immediately risk everything to try rescue relatives they hope are still alive. With death all around him, Motl decides that a Jew's best revenge is not only to live, but to procreate."--Publisher
Target audience
adult
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