01876cam a2200301 4500 1052241968 TxAuBib 20231130120000.0 230210s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023005844 9781643752341 1643752340 (OCoLC)1350959676 TxAuBib Grodstein, Lauren, author. We must not think of ourselves / Lauren Grodstein. First edition. Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2023. 296 pages ; 24 cm. Adam, a prisoner in the Warsaw Ghetto, is approached by a mysterious figure with a surprising request: Will he join a secret group of archivists working to preserve the truth of what is happening inside these walls? Adam agrees and begins taking testimonies from his students, friends, and neighbors. One of the people he interviews is his flatmate Sala, who is stoic, determined, and funny--and married with two children. Over the months of their confinement, in the presence of her family, Adam and Sala fall in love. As they desperately carve out intimacy, their relationship feels both impossible and vital, their connection keeping them alive. But when Adam discovers a possible escape from the Ghetto, he is faced with an unbearable choice: Whom can he save, and at what cost? This novel was inspired by the testimony-gathering project with the code name Oneg Shabbat. 20231130. Jews Poland Warsaw Fiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Poland Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Getto warszawskie (Warsaw, Poland) Fiction. Archivists Fiction. Historical fiction.