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Gavriel Savit

Born

Michigan, The United States

Website

http://gavrielsavit.com

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Genre

Young Adult, Fiction

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After graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Musical Theatre, Gavriel Savit moved to New York to launch his performing career with shows at places like the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Goodspeed Musicals in Connecticut, City Center’s Encores! series, and the Westside Theatre, Off-Broadway (here’s a full theatrical resume that gives a more complete listing).

Like many actors, Gavriel also had some unstructured time, which he spent reading: Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, Adam Levin’s The Instructions, Lev Grossman’s The Magicians, Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, and the stories of Jorge Luis Borges, amongst others.

He found it all terribly inspiring.

Gavriel had an idea and he had ...more

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Average rating: 3.67 · 5,846 ratings · 1,395 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Anna and the Swallow Man 3.67 avg rating — 5,846 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna et l'homme-hirondelle by Gavriel Savit, Aline Azoulay-Pacvon (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anna y el hombre golondrina 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Gavriel Savit

“It's their failure, my little Anna, not yours. Men who try to understand the world without the help of children are like men who try to bake bread without the help of yeast.”
― Gavriel Savit

tags: 2016-book-releases, anna-and-the-swallow-man, fiction, friendship, gavriel-savit, historical-fiction, knopf-book-for-young-readers, survival, war, wisdom

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“I know it's not good for a girl to be without a father these days. But is it any better for a father to be without a daughter?”
― Gavriel Savit, Anna and the Swallow Man

tags: precocity

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“Normally, her mind was like a busy beach - all day long she would run back and forth, leaving footprints, building small mounds and castles, writing out ideas and diagrams with her fingers in the sand, but when the night tide came in, she would close her eyes and allow each wave of rhythmic breath to wash in and out over her day's accumulation, and before long the beach would be clear and empty, and she would drift off to sleep.”
― Gavriel Savit

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