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The Visible World
The Visible World
Author: Mark Slouka
The unnamed narrator of The Visible World, the American-born son of Czech immigrants living in New York, grows up in an atmosphere haunted by fragments of a past he cannot understand. Nowhere is this more true than in regard to his mother, Ivana, a spontaneous, passionate woman moving ever closer to genuine despair. As an adult, the narrator tra...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780618756438
ISBN-10: 0618756434
Publication Date: 4/19/2007
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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An atmosphereic mix of adventure, mystery and romance, as well as a nuanced tale of one family coping with the nightmare of history. The sheer beauty of Mark Slonksa's prose will draw comparisons to "The English Patient"

Gary Shteyngart

This is lush, luminous fiction.

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