"A tough test of the intellectual mettle of the armchair atheists and those teetering between faith and committing to life without it."—Boston GlobeWe can't avoid the persistent questions about the meaning of life—and th...

It's 1935. Rita Feuerstahl comes to the university in Krakow intent on enjoying her freedom. But life has other things in store—marriage, a love affair, a child, all in the shadows of the oncoming war. When the war arrives, Rita is ...