The Visible World (Audible Audio Edition) Mark Slouka Glen McCready Naxos Audiobooks Books
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Mark Slouka's novel begins with the child of Czech immigrants to the US, now living in New York, who has been brought up on the folklore of his parents' homeland. As an adult he becomes aware that he has no knowledge of his parents during the Nazi occupation of Prague. He makes a journey back to Czechoslovakia and it is only then that he discovers their part in the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the notorious 'butcher of Prague' and begins to understand his mother Ivana's unhappiness.
Intertwined with this gripping history is a passionate love story, the tragic consequences of which transcend both years and continents.
The Visible World (Audible Audio Edition) Mark Slouka Glen McCready Naxos Audiobooks Books
There is a love story here told with all and more of the intensity of any other you've ever read...without exaggeration. If you are not moved by it, you've never loved, read much literature and, I think, you should have your blood pressure monitored at some point. This is also a tale, and a tragic one, about the tensions and terrorism associated with the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in the 2nd WW as well as the heroism of Czech resistance. Lastly, it is a portrait of Czech immigrants to the USA after the conflict. To the author's credit he ties it all together seamlessly and emotionally with some of best writing you will come across on any printed page. Mr. Slouka is a gifted writer, whom I would rate among the best at his profession. It would be too much to ask him to be more prolific...prose of this quality, even from this author's hand, is too hard to fashion and too much to expect.Product details
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The Visible World (Audible Audio Edition) Mark Slouka Glen McCready Naxos Audiobooks Books Reviews
An engrossing story of a son's poignant, emotional search into his mother's unspoken past spent in Eastern Europe,
during World War II.
Fine story, fine writing.
The book took a turn. I thought I knew how it would end and I was completely surprised. It was better than I had imagined it. I like how the author alternated between stories and perspectives, and ended the book with the beginning.
I thought this book might give me some interesting background on Prague, but it far surpassed my expectations. It is a beautifully constructed triptych that interweaves fiction, memoir, and historical fact. The writing is beautiful, the characters memorable, the descriptions evocative.
This story hit home as I grew up in Slovakia in the 60s and under communism. Many Czech words, the scenery of Prague, the food, the songs, are familiar to me. The plot was well put together even though in the beginning I was not sure what to expect as the plot evolved a little slow. The history of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich was well captured here.
I liked this book a lot, but enjoyed the first section, which is a recollection by the main character of his childhood, more than the recounting of his journey back the the Czech Republic. The portraits of his mother and father are compellingly drawn and the story of the resistance fighters is page turning. I would for sure recommend this book and author.
Though some readers find the first section of this book slow and tedious, I was enchanted with the author's tales of his youth in the Czech enclaves of Queens. My in laws followed a similar path in this country--right down to moving to a house just a few blocks from the mall at which the heroine met her end--and I have always wanted to know more about their Czechoslovakian heritage. The last part of the book, which tells how the author's parents fell in and out of love and back again, all in the midst of Nazi occupation, was an unexpected bonus.
There is a love story here told with all and more of the intensity of any other you've ever read...without exaggeration. If you are not moved by it, you've never loved, read much literature and, I think, you should have your blood pressure monitored at some point. This is also a tale, and a tragic one, about the tensions and terrorism associated with the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in the 2nd WW as well as the heroism of Czech resistance. Lastly, it is a portrait of Czech immigrants to the USA after the conflict. To the author's credit he ties it all together seamlessly and emotionally with some of best writing you will come across on any printed page. Mr. Slouka is a gifted writer, whom I would rate among the best at his profession. It would be too much to ask him to be more prolific...prose of this quality, even from this author's hand, is too hard to fashion and too much to expect.
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