The Way Back

For the Jews of Eastern Europe, demons are everywhere. Talk of them is endless. The fear they summon is real.

Bluma and Yehuda Leib, two young people from the little shtetl of Tupik, know mostly of demons through stories - these, and the occasional shiver down the back of their necks. Until one night, when they unexpectedly encounter the Dark One - Death - an encounter which sends them spinning off on a journey in search of something they have both lost.

Theirs is a journey that will change everything. It will take them through the cemetery of Tupik and into the Far Country, the demon land filled with the souls of the dead. It will see them make pacts with ancient demons and declare war on Death itself.

But can they can possibly find their way back?

Feels as timeless as a fairy tale

New York Times

About Gavriel Savit

Gavriel Savit graduated in musical theatre. As an actor and singer, Gavriel has performed on three continents, from New York to Brussels to Tokyo. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. Anna and the Swallow Man is his first novel.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241442524
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Price: £6.99
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