Title: Jakob's colors
Description: Running for his life wearing bloodstained sackcloth shoes in 1944 Austria, a young Romany boy assesses his multicultural legacy through the stories of his parents in 1920s Switzerland and England.
Subjects: Romanies, Nazi persecution, Fiction, History, Fiction, historical, Austria, fiction, Switzerland, fiction, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, cultural heritage, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general
Places: Europe, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain
Time periods: 1938-1945, 20th century, George V, 1910-1936