The Deadwood Beetle, Mylene Dressler
The Deadwood Beetle, Mylene Dressler
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The Deadwood Beetle

Author: Mylene Dressler

Narrator: David Darlow

Unabridged: 6 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Tristan Martens, a retired entomologist, is shaken by the discovery of his mother's sewing table in a New York antique shop. He hasn't seen it since he was a boy in Holland, but he vividly remembers the last time he did. Only Tristan knows the painful truth behind the scrawled - and misunderstood - inscription on the bottom of the table, and he embarks on a scheme to acquire it from the shop's owner, Cora Lowenstein, who insists it's not for sale. But as their lives become entangled, Tristan must make a choice. Can he tell Cora the truth? Begun in deceit, their relationship and Tristan's salvation hinge on his willingness to confront and finally confess the terrible secrets of his family's past. In startlingly beautiful prose resonant with dramatic tension, Mylene Dressler tells the heartrending story of an old man taking his last chance and struggling toward an elusive redemption and the even more distant hope of love.

About Mylene Dressler

Mylene Dressler was born in the Hague, Netherlands, and has lived in Europe, the United States, and Latin America. The author of the critically acclaimed The Medusa Tree, she now lives in Houston, where she is at work on her next book


Reviews

This is a novel about one man's secret come back to haunt him late in his life. He struggles throughout the novel with telling the truth as the truth slowly unravels. It is a novel that reflects back on WWII and his family's role as Nazi supporters. It is a short book and worthwhile from my point of......more

Goodreads review by Tamara

a very slow read. was originally intrigued by the 'mystery' of the narrator's past. was ultimately dissatisfied w/ the answer - not very thoroughly discussed & almost an afterthought. not clear. didn't seem to really end a story as much as the bk just stopped.......more

Goodreads review by Joy

Ben bu kitabı yine New York’da ikinci el bir kitapçıda kitapsızlık zamanı buldum. Beğendim.. yaşlı bir böcek bilimcinin , Nazi Hollanda’sı anıları bir antikacıda karşısına çıkan bir masa ile gün yüzüne çıkar yeniden. Aşk-meşk- böcek-masa.. keyifli bir okumaydı benim için.......more

Goodreads review by Em

An interesting perspective (and it did have some bugs in it)......more

Goodreads review by Patty

I had planned to go last year to a reading retreat. In preparation for that event, I bought this and 3 other books. I don't think I would have ever found this book without the reading retreat. I missed the retreat, but found some great books. Tristan Martens grew up in the Netherlands; moved to the U......more