The Art of Hearing Hearbeats

Winner of the 2013 Indies Choice Honor AwardA 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 hardship, resilience, and passion that will change her life once more.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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. He has travelled extensively in China and Burma and has an in-depth knowledge of the people and culture. In 2000 he published Cracks in the Great Wall, a non-fiction book about China. Global bestseller The Art of Hearing Heartbeats was his first novel.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jan-Philip Sendker, Jan-Philipp Sendker, Jan-Phillip Sendker, Sendker Jan-Philipp
• Verlag: Polygon
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 07.03.2013
• EAN: 9781846972409
• ISBN: 978-1-84697-240-9
• Abmessung: 132 mm x 200 mm x 26 mm
• Serie: The Burma Trilogy
• Themen: Belletristik > Spannung; FICTION / Thrillers / General, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense