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Title The last days of Ellis Island / Gaëlle Josse ; translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer.
Author Josse, Gaëlle, author.
Publication Info. New York : World Editions, 2020.
©2020
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC JOS    Check Shelves
 Southeast  FIC JOS    Check Shelves
Description 203 pages ; 21 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "First published as Le dernier gardien d'Ellis Island in France in 2014 by Les Editions Noir sur Blanc, Paris" -- verso.
Awards European Union Prize for Literature
Summary "New York, November 3, 1954. In a few days, the immigration inspection station on Ellis Island will close its doors forever. John Mitchell, an officer of the Bureau of Immigration, is the guardian and last resident of the island. As Mitchell looks back over forty-five years as gatekeeper to America and its promise of a better life, he recalls his brief marriage to his beloved wife Liz, and is haunted by memories of a transgression involving Nella, an immigrant from Sardinia. Told is a series of poignant diary entries, this is a story of responsibility, love, fidelity, and remorse."--Back cover.
Subject Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Emigration and immigration -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Diaries -- Fiction.
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- History -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Diary fiction.
French fiction -- Translations into English.
Added Author Lehrer, Natasha, translator.
Added Title Dernier gardien d'Ellis Island. English
ISBN 9781642860719 (paperback) : $15.99
1642860719 (paperback)