The Visible World |
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| Author:
| Slouka, Mark |
| Read by:
| McCready, Glen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-0940-1709-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2020 |
| Publisher: | Naxos of America, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Naxos AudioBooks |
| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | USD $34.99 |
Book Description:
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An immensely moving,powerfully romantic novel about the vagaries of love and the legacy of war, The Visible World is narrated by theAmerican-born son of Czech immigrants. His New York childhood, lived in aboisterous community of the displaced, is suffused with stories: fragments ofEuropean history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheardconversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of theseven Czech parachutists who, in 1942,...
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An immensely moving,powerfully romantic novel about the vagaries of love and the legacy of war, The Visible World is narrated by theAmerican-born son of Czech immigrants. His New York childhood, lived in aboisterous community of the displaced, is suffused with stories: fragments ofEuropean history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheardconversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of theseven Czech parachutists who, in 1942, assassinated a high-ranking Nazi. Yetone essential story has always evaded him: his mother's. He suspects she had agreat 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 herhidden past.