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Title: The Visible World
Author: Mark Slouka
Narrator: Glen McCready
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-20-08
Publisher: Oakhill Publishing Ltd
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The narrator, the American born son of Czech immigrants living in New York, grows up in an atmosphere haunted by fragments of the past. As an adult he travels to Prague to uncover secrets.
Critic Reviews:
"An eloquent testament to the power of story telling." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Souka's characters pop-.and he demonstrates a shattering ability to capture humanity in its bleakest moments." (Entertainment Weekly)
Members Reviews:
You'll wonder how a book can be so GOOD once you finish it...and take time to enjoy every phrase.
There is a love story here told with all and more of the intensity of any other you've ever read...without exaggeration. If you are not moved by it, you've never loved, read much literature and, I think, you should have your blood pressure monitored at some point. This is also a tale, and a tragic one, about the tensions and terrorism associated with the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in the 2nd WW as well as the heroism of Czech resistance. Lastly, it is a portrait of Czech immigrants to the USA after the conflict. To the author's credit he ties it all together seamlessly and emotionally with some of best writing you will come across on any printed page. Mr. Slouka is a gifted writer, whom I would rate among the best at his profession. It would be too much to ask him to be more prolific...prose of this quality, even from this author's hand, is too hard to fashion and too much to expect.
A bitter sweet tale of love and war...
Though some readers find the first section of this book slow and tedious, I was enchanted with the author's tales of his youth in the Czech enclaves of Queens. My in laws followed a similar path in this country--right down to moving to a house just a few blocks from the mall at which the heroine met her end--and I have always wanted to know more about their Czechoslovakian heritage. The last part of the book, which tells how the author's parents fell in and out of love and back again, all in the midst of Nazi occupation, was an unexpected bonus.
The Visible World
I liked this book a lot, but enjoyed the first section, which is a recollection by the main character of his childhood, more than the recounting of his journey back the the Czech Republic. The portraits of his mother and father are compellingly drawn and the story of the resistance fighters is page turning. I would for sure recommend this book and author.
A well told story that evolved around the assasination of a German high ranking officer during WWII.
This story hit home as I grew up in Slovakia in the 60s and under communism. Many Czech words, the scenery of Prague, the food, the songs, are familiar to me. The plot was well put together even though in the beginning I was not sure what to expect as the plot evolved a little slow. The history of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich was well captured here.
difficult to get into, but couldn't put it down in the second half.
The book took a turn. I thought I knew how it would end and I was completely surprised. It was better than I had imagined it. I like how the author alternated between stories and perspectives, and ended the book with the beginning.
