A tour de force that echoes modern classics like suite francaise and the postmistress. At the end of the Second World War, silvana and eight-year-old aurek board the ship that will take them from poland to England. After...A tour de force that echoes modern classics like suite francaise and the postmistress. At the end of the Second World War, silvana and eight-year-old aurek board the ship that will take them from poland to England. After living wild in the forests for years, carrying a terrible secret, all silvana knows is that she and aurek are survivors.