The Visible World, Mark Slouka
The Visible World, Mark Slouka
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The Visible World

Author: Mark Slouka

Narrator: Glen McCready

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 06/30/2008


Synopsis

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 he grows up he becomes aware that he has never been told what his parents did during the Nazi occupation of Prague. As an adult 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.

About Mark Slouka

Mark Slouka is the author of works of fiction including Brewster, Lost Lake, a New York Times Notable Book, and The Visible World, a finalist for the British Book Award. His essay collection, Essays from the Nick of Time, was the winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Speilvogel Award. A contributing editor at Harper's, Slouka's work has also appeared in Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories. He lives in Brewster, New York.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

Moving to Prague this year, I was struck by the thriving book culture. Within a square kilometer of the Old Town Center, there are at least half a dozen bookstores with fairly strong English book sections, and many more that specialize in Czech publications. All of these stores feature sections with......more