num_pages: 240
description: As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, young Maciek's once closeted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, Maciek escapes with his aunt Tania. Together they endure the war, running, hiding, changing their names, forging documents to secure their temporary lives — as the insistent drum of the Nazi march moves ever closer to them and to their secret wartime lies.
language: English
title: Wartime Lies
titlecomplete: Wartime Lies
genres: Jewish, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Poland, War, Fiction, Holocaust, World War II
ratings_count: 988
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Irish Times International Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Prix Médicis Etranger, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books