Leon Silver
Leon Silver was born in Shanghai in 1941 to Polish Jews who fled their homeland in 1938. In 1948 the family moved to Israel, where Silver grew up before relocating to Melbourne in 1956. His first novel, Dancing with the Hurricane, was translated into Hebrew and published in Israel. The Miracle Typist is the true story of his Polish father-in-law, Tolek Klings.
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The Miracle Typist
- By: Leon Silver
- Narrator: Robbie McGregor
- Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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In the tradition of THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, a heartbreaking true story of love, loss and survival against all odds during the Second World war. Conscripted into the Polish army as Hitler’s forces draw closer, Jewish soldier Tolek Klings... Read more
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