The Department of Missing Persons: A Novel

By Ruth Zylberman

•An intimate look at how the horrors of the Holocaust transcend memory, haunting not only survivors of the Holocaust but future generations of their relatives as well.

• The narrator’s desire to solve the mystery of her family’s past will speak to audiences of Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay, and What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman.

•The Department of Missing Persons exemplifies the rallying call of famed Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel to never forget the horror of the past.

•Much of the events in the story reflect Ruth Zylberman’s own struggles learning and living with the truth of her mother’s past as a survivor.

•Previously published in France, this is the author’s U.S. debut.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing
• Release date: Oct 3, 2017
• ISBN: 9781628728064

Ruth Zylberman

Ruth Zylberman was born in 1971 in Paris. She is an acclaimed documentary film maker and director at ARTE, a television channel in Paris. Her filmography credentials include The Man Without Pain, 68 Year Zero, and Dissidents . She currently resides in Paris, France.