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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Jan-Philipp Sendker
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Description for The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
Paperback. For readers who enjoyed 'The Snow Child' and 'The Glass Palace' this is an intoxicating and lush love story, set in present-day New York and 1950s Burma. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 200 x 25. Weight in Grams: 314.
A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, 'The Art of Hearing Heartbeats' spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. 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 ... Read more
A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, 'The Art of Hearing Heartbeats' spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846972409
SKU
V9781846972409
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-12
About Jan-Philipp Sendker
Jan-Philipp Sendker, born in Hamburg in 1960, was the American correspondent for Stern from 1990 to 1995, and its Asian correspondent from 1995 to 1999. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Great Wall, a non-fiction book about China. 'The Art of Hearing Heartbeats' is his first novel. He lives in Berlin with his family.
Reviews for The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
'A truly beautiful story that will captivate and thaw the coldest of hearts' - We Love This Book 'A magical tale to capture your imagination' - My Weekly 'Touching and affecting prose' - Sunday Herald