In his sixth and most ambitious novel Caryl Phillips creates a dazzlingkaleidoscope of historical fiction which illuminates the dark legacy ofEuropes obsession ... » 

In his sixth and most ambitious novel Caryl Phillips creates a dazzlingkaleidoscope of historical fiction which illuminates the dark legacy ofEuropes obsession with race and blood. At its center is Eva Stern a survivorof a Nazi death camp whose story is interwoven with those of others similarlyhaunted. Through disparate lands and centuries Phillips creates anunforgettable group portrait of individuals overwhelmed by the force ofEuropean tribalism. «