Annal:1983 National Book Award for Original Paperback
From AwardAnnals
Results of the National Book Award in the year 1983. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
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- National Book Award
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- 1983 NBA–Paperback winner
- Score: 10.33
On the eve of World War II, a wandering magician comes to a small Hungarian village prophesying death and destruction. Eleven-year-old Kicsi believes Vörös, and attempts to aid him in protecting the village.
But the local rabbi, who possesses magical powers, insists that the village is safe, and frustrates Vörös’s attempts to transport them all to safety. Then the Nazis come and the world changes.
Miraculously, Kicsi survives the horrors of the concentration camp and returns to her village to witness the final climactic battle between the rabbi and the Red…
