Extraordinary Renditions - Couverture souple

Ervin, Andrew

 
9781566892469: Extraordinary Renditions
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1566892465 ISBN 13 : 9781566892469
Editeur : Coffee House Press, 2010

Synopsis

Set in Budapest--a city marked by its rich cultural heritage, the scars of empire, the fresher wounds of industry, and the collateral damage of globalism--Extraordinary Renditions is the sweeping story of three equally tarnished expatriates. World-renowned composer and Holocaust survivor Lajos Harkályi has returned to Hungary to debut his final opera and share his mother's parting gift, the melody from a lullaby she sang as he was forced to leave his Hungarian home for the infamous Czech concentration camp Terezín. Private First Class Jonathan "Brutus" Gibson is being blackmailed by his commanding officer at the US Army base in Hungary, one of the infamous black-sites of the global War on Terror, and he must decide between going AWOL or risking his life to make an illegal firearms deal in Budapest. Aspiring musician Melanie Scholes is preparing for the most important performance of her career as a violinist in Harkályi's opera, but before she takes the stage she must extricate herself from a failing relationship and the inertia that threatens to consume her future. As their lives converge on Independence Day, they too will seek liberation--from the anguish of the Holocaust, the chains of blackmail, and the bonds of conformity.

A formidable new voice in American fiction, Ervin tackles the big themes of war, prejudice, and art, lyrically examining the reverberations of unrest in today's central Europe, the United States' legacy abroad, and the resilience of the human spirit.


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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Ervin grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and has lived in Budapest, Illinois, and Louisiana. His fiction has appeared in Conjunctions, Fiction International, and the Southern Review, and his criticism has appeared in the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, and The Believer. Extraordinary Renditions is his first book.

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Éditeur
Coffee House Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1566892465
ISBN 13 
9781566892469
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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