The Visible World: A Novel - Couverture souple

Slouka, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0547053673 ISBN 13 : 9780547053677

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2008

Synopsis

An immensely moving, powerfully romantic novel about the vagaries of love and the legacy of war, The Visible World is narrated by the American-born son of Czech immigrants. His New York childhood, lived in a boisterous community of the displaced, is suffused with stories: fragments of European history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheard conversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of the seven Czech parachutists who, in 1942, assassinated a high-ranking Nazi. Yet one essential story has always evaded him: his mother's. He suspects she had a great wartime love, the loss of which bred a sadness that slowly engulfed her. As an adult, the narrator travels to Prague, hoping to piece together her hidden past.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

MARK SLOUKA is the author of the novels The Visible World, God’s Fool, named a Best Book of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle, the short story collection Lost Lake, a New York Times Notable Book, and the nonfiction work War of the Worlds. Three of his essays have been selected for inclusion in The Best American Essays, and his short story “The Woodcarvers Tale” won the National Magazine Award for fiction.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0547053673
• ISBN 13: 9780547053677
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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