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Brussels, 1942; Jews are at the mercy of the Nazi roundups. The Bernsteins decide that they must separate from their seven-year-old son in order to save him. After a brief stay with the Count and Countess of Sully, little Joseph is taken in by Father Pons, joining the other children seeking refuge at his villa. During the war years, the Jewish boy and the Christian monk develop a deep bond between them and fascination with the other’s religion.

Inspired by the true story of Pierre Perelmuter, to whom the book is dedicated, it is at once a profoundly moving tale and a learned and deeply philosophical reflection on the ties and affinities between Judaism and Christianity. Intended both as an adult’s and a children’s fable, it is the fourth in a series on spirituality and the world’s great religions.