Ray Nayler -- "Palaces of the Crow"
Category: Literary
Date and Time
- Monday, Jun 1, 2026 6:30pm
Location
Boulder Bookstore
1107 Pearl St
Details
Ray Nayler will speak about and sign his new book, "Palaces of the Crow," on Monday, June 1st at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore. Tickets for this event are $10 (plus a small processing fee) and are available on Eventbrite.
About the Book:
Neriya, a young Jewish girl who dreams of becoming a biologist, has befriended a local flock of crows in her shtetl. Czeslaw is an underage Polish soldier who deserts the Red Army and runs into the freezing Lithuanian woods. Kezia is a Roma horse trader whose family is on the run from Soviet collectivization. As the German blitzkrieg crashes across the border in June 1941, all three are caught up in the onslaught. Along with Innokentiy, an abandoned boy who cannot speak, they are driven into the primeval forest, where they survive by forming an unbreakable bond with one another—and with Neriya’s intelligent crows, who for years have been bringing her intricate gifts suggesting they are no ordinary corvids.
As the war goes on, the crows warn the children of danger and help them hide from the human threats of the forest—not only the Germans but also Russian deserters, Polish partisans, fascist Lithuanian police, and the other bandits and outcasts wandering the benighted landscape.
IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION
Tickets are $10 (plus a small processing fee).
All books by Ray Nayler will be 20% off the day of the event.
