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The art of hearing heartbeats : a novel / Jan-Philipp Sendker ; translated from the German by Kevin Wiliarty.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: New York : Other Press, 2012.Description: 336 p. ; 21 cmISBN: - 1590514637
- 9781590514634
- Herzenhören. English.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Fiction | Sendker Jan-Phil | AH 1 | Available | 33111007006279 |
Total holds: 0
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first book in the Art of Hearing Heartbeats series, this is a passionate love story, a haunting fable, and an enchanting mystery set in Burma.
When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be...until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never heard of. Intent on solving the mystery and coming to terms with her father's past, Julia decides to travel to the village where the woman lived. There she uncovers a tale of unimaginable hardship, resilience, and passion that will reaffirm the reader's belief in the power of love to move mountains.