The Sound of the Sundial by Hana Andronikova
Brand: Plamen Press
Product Description
The Sound of the Sundial is the internationally acclaimed novel by Czech author Hana Andronikova told over the course of a single day and night but spanning three continents and much of the twentieth century. In this intimate and affecting love story about a GermanCzech builder and his Jewish wife Andronikova sends her readers on a captivating journey through time and memory from the Czech town of Zln in the 1920s to Calcutta in the 1930s Theresienstadt and Auschwitz during World War II Toronto in the decades afterward and finally into modernday Denver Colorado. It is at once a deeply personal narrative and an homage to the lost relationship of the Czech German and Jewish peoples. In 2002 The Sound of the Sundial received the Czech Republics prestigious Magnesia Litera Award in the category of Best New Discovery just a few years before its author died of cancer at the age of 44. It is making its world premiere appearance in English here. show more
Condition : New
Author : Hana Andronikova
Weight : 505.55
Publisher : Plamen Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780996072212
ISBN10 : 0996072217
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20140530
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 304 Pages
Dimensions : 139.7 X 215.9 X 17.27mm