The Visible World
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[United States] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.
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1 online resource (256 pages)
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An American-born son of Czech immigrants grows up in postwar New York, part of a boisterous community of the displaced where he learns fragments of European history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheard conversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of the seven Czech parachutists who, in 1942, assassinated a high-ranking Nazi. Yet one essential story has always evaded him: his mother's. He suspects she had a great wartime love, the loss of which bred a sadness that slowly engulfed her. As an adult, he travels to Prague, hoping to piece together her hidden past-leading to the compelling story at the heart of The Visible World.
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9780547525211, 0547525214
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An American-born son of Czech immigrants grows up in postwar New York, part of a boisterous community of the displaced where he learns fragments of European history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheard conversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of the seven Czech parachutists who, in 1942, assassinated a high-ranking Nazi. Yet one essential story has always evaded him: his mother's. He suspects she had a great wartime love, the loss of which bred a sadness that slowly engulfed her. As an adult, he travels to Prague, hoping to piece together her hidden past-leading to the compelling story at the heart of The Visible World.
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Slouka, M. (2008). The Visible World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Slouka, Mark. 2008. The Visible World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Slouka, Mark, The Visible World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)Slouka, Mark. The Visible World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008.
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