When We Danced on Water - A Novel

Fromacclaimed author Evan Fallenberg, an exquisitelycrafted debut novel tells the story of a preeminent male ballet dancer in theautumn of his career--a Jew whose talent once saved him from the Nazis--whosefading passion for life will flare back to life after a new romance links himto a younger woman fleeing the ghosts of her past as an Israeli Soldier. Fallenberg''s Tel Aviv-set tale that will resonate withreaders of Wladyslaw Szpilman''s The Pianist , Dalia Sofer''s The Septembers of Shiraz , and Thrity Umrigar''s The Space Between Us , as well as any whohave been touched by war or diaspora, as two characters'' intimate journeypoignantly explores the pain of fractured pasts, the hope for second chances, thepotency of artistic catharsis, and the certainty that love can conquer all.>

Product details

• Authors: Evan Fallenberg
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.05.2011
• EAN: 9780062033321
• ISBN: 978-0-06-203332-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION: Literary, FICTION: General, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: Romance / LGBTQ+ / Gay, FICTION: LGBTQ+ / Lesbian, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century