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Las �nicas pistas que tuvo Ariana Neumann de ni�a sobre la vida de su padre--el empresario Hans Neumann-- antes de llegar a la Venezuela que lo adopt� eran una foto vieja de sus abuelos paternos, un documento de identidad con un nombre falso y la pasi�n de su pap� por coleccionar y arreglar relojes. Todo cambi� cuando Hans muri� y le dej� a su hija una caja llena de cartas y documentos que ser�n el punto de partida para que Ariana se convierta la detective que siempre so�� ser. Su misi�n ser� descubrir qu� pas� con esa familia de la que nunca supo mayor cosa y de su vida en Praga durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Los descubrimientos de la autora son un viaje a la memoria de una familia jud�a destrozada por la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la persecuci�n y el Holocausto. Pero tambi�n desentra�an la valent�a de un chico que evit� ser transportado a los campos de concentraci�n al esconderse a plena vista con una identidad falsa en Berl�n, la capital del Reich, de 1943 a 1945: su padre. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Of thirty-four Neumann family members, twenty-five were murdered by the Nazis. One of the survivors was Hans Neumann, who built an industrial empire in Venezuela. When he died, he left his daughter a small box filled with letters, diary entries, and other memorabilia. Ten years later Ariana finally summoned the courage to have the letters translated and start reading them. That was the seed for When Time Stopped, an epic family memoir. Neumann brings each relative to vivid life. In uncovering her father's story after all these years, she discovers nuance and depth to her own history and liberates poignant and thought-provoking truths about the threads of humanity that connect us all.

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"New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Books of the Year Pick Winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Autobiography/Memoir ""The story Neumann uncovers is worthy of fiction with hairpin plot twists, daredevil acts of love and unexpected moments of humor in dark times. Given the slew of colorful characters and dramatic details, she could have turned her painstaking research into a historical novel. Instead she has written a superb family memoir that unfolds its poignant power on multiple levels. Yes, her account of one Jewish-Czech family's race to outwit the Nazis makes for thrilling reading. But just as important is her lucid investigation of the nature of memory, identity and remembrance."" --The New York Times Book Review ""Elegantly structured . . . the author reconstructs with considerable literary finesse the life of her father."" --Kirkus Reviews""Neumann debuts with a deeply moving account of her father's life during the Holocaust... This gripping, expertly researched narrative will inspire those looking to uncover their own family histories."" --Publishers Weekly ""Profound, gripping, and gut-wrenching...This heartbreaking and unforgettable memoir belongs in every library for the important history Neumann unearths. Like Anne Frank's diary, it offers a story that needs to be told and heard."" --Booklist (starred review)""An astonishing story of survival . . . Neumann's eloquent, skillfully researched book will appeal to many, especially those interested in family histories and the lives of Holocaust survivors."" --Library Journal""Extraordinary... To unearth such stories takes great determination, patience and sensitivity, not least because so many of those who survived did so by suppressing the truth."" --The Guardian""At times the revelations are so extraordinary to modern eyes that the memoir has an almost fictional feel."" --Financial Times""A beautifully told story of personal discovery, of almost unimaginable human bravery and sacrifice, and a harrowing portrait of living, dying, and surviving under the yoke of Nazism."" --John le Carré, author of Agent Running in the Field""Evocative . . . Neumann discovers her Jewish roots and pieces together the incredible, heartbreaking family history her father never told her."" --Real Simple""Utterly riveting: Ms. Neumann's memoir reads like a detective novel as she unravels her late father's complex, agonizing yet inspiring trajectory."" --Claire Messud, author of The Emperor's Children and The Woman Upstairs""Extraordinary in its reach and its depth. I felt such kinship with the way in which Ariana Neumann moved through the world. . . . Absolutely remarkable."" --Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes""Ariana Neumann's beautiful, meticulously researched memoir is an extraordinarily moving story of a family's lost history, a father's well-kept secret, and a daughter who pieces it all together with courage, tenacity, and most of all, love."" --Dani Shapiro, author of Inheritance, Devotion, and Still Writing""I've read countless memoirs. I've read hundreds of books about the Holocaust and mysteries and detective stories and rigorously researched tomes of history and psychological studies of the effects of trauma. But never in my reading life have I ever come across anything akin to this magical, brilliant, and gripping work of art."" --Deborah Copaken, author of The Red Book""This deeply personal narrative tells the story of Ariana Neumann's family, many of whom were killed by Nazis, and grapples with Neumann's attempt to uncover secrets left behind by her Holocaust-survivor father after his death."" --Vogue""Full of tales of courage...this meticulously researched work is unforgettable."" --Sunday Mirror""Extraordinary...what remains is so vast, so much more than one life brought out from the shadows: it is a daughter's deep love and humanity towards a complex and occasionally difficult father who tried to shield her from the pain of knowing about his earlier life, but it is also the story of a whole family lovingly recreated....[When Time Stopped is] a treasure to be savored as testament of the human will to survive."" --Anne Sebba, The Spectator""Remarkable . . . Through painstaking, meticulous research Neumann tells the true story--part memoir, part history--of her heartwrenching and ultimately life-affirming journey in uncovering her family's long hidden past."" --Georgia Hunter, author of We Were the Lucky Ones""A love letter to a father who, out of sheer will and determination, did not allow the Nazis to destroy him . . . A classic story of redemption and love."" --Janine di Giovanni, author of The Morning They Came for Us""Reads like a thriller and it is so timely. The work and emotion put into [the] book is unbelievable."" --BuzzFeed""An astonishing family memoir that will imprint itself on your psyche . . . Ariana Neumann has breached the hidden surface of her family's tumultuous past and brought not only their tragedies and sorrows but also their joys and loves, to indelible light."" --John Burnham Schwartz, author of The Red Daughter and Reservation Road""A brilliantly heart-wrenching memoir . . . Neumann is a gifted, visceral writer."" --BookPage (starred review)""When Time Stopped vitally confirms our experience as survivors and carries our same message of hope: Nothing will be forgotten. All will be passed down and remembered. Thank you, Ariana Neumann, for writing this book."" --Helena Klimova and Ivan Klíma, winner of the Franz Kafka Prize and author of My Crazy Century and Love and Garbage""A beautifully wrought book that is both a detective story and a family history."" --The Times of Israel""A fascinating and beautifully constructed memoir and more than that, a testimonial to the power of meticulous research and family love."" --Caroline Moorehead, author of A Train in Winter and Village of Secrets""A moving saga of war and the Holocaust . . . Never to be forgotten as long as such accounts remain."" --Bookreporter""A carefully woven, beautifully written tapestry. This is a work of resistance against oblivion, a reminder against forgetting, an investigation driven by true love."" --Stephen D. Smith, PhD, executive director of the USC Shoah Foundation""Occasionally there appears a book so devastating that the only response is stunned silence. . . . When Time Stopped is about the triumph of the human spirit."" --Frances Wilson, The Oldie""[A] powerful memoir...[that] reads like a detective novel."" --Hey Alma""Ariana Neumann has given us a gripping true story--the account of her father's determination to survive the Holocaust and the clues he left behind...This is nonfiction that reads like a detective thriller."" --Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of Irena's Children""Beautifully written...One of the most powerful and profoundly moving family stories of the Holocaust to have been published in many years and a must read."" --Dan Stone, Director of the Holocaust Research Institute, Royal Holloway, University of London""Compelling...brilliant...This remarkable, beautifully written book is full of sadness but it also full of great beauty and joy."" --Daily Mail""When Time Stopped is more than just history. It's a warning."" --Michael Palin"

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Ariana Neumann naci� y creci� en Venezuela. Estudi� en la Universidad de Nueva York y obtuvo un posgrado en Psicolog�a de la Religi�n en la Universidad de Londres. Neumann ha trabajado en la industria editorial, adem�s de ser corresponsal en Venezuela para The Daily Journal. Cuando el tiempo se detuvo es un bestseller internacional y ganador del Dayton Peace Prize for Non Fiction en 2021, entre otros. Neumann vive en Londres con su esposo, tres hijos y dos perros. Bestseller del New York Times New York Times bestselling author Ariana Neumann was born and grew up in Venezuela. She previously worked as a foreign correspondent for Venezuela's The Daily Journal and her writing has also appeared in The European. She currently lives in London with her family. When Time Stopped is her first book. Winner of the 2020 National Jewish Book Award for Autobiography/Memoir

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