A 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 reaffirm the reader's belief in the power of love
to move mountains.
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A Gentle Tale
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 | Review
by: Judy Croome | @judy_croome
Telling two stories at once, this gentle novel has mystical overtones and contains the wisdom of the Buddhist monks who play a role in Tin Win's life. At the heart of it, this is both a delicate romance and a tale of poignant family love.
The main story is the romance between Mi Mi and Tin Win. Two ordinary, but extraordinary, souls meet in a rural Burmese village, and stay connected despite any physical distance between them. Tin Win's American daughter Julia, searching for her father Tin Win, who was missing in more ways than one, learns from a stranger the reasons behind her father's enigmatic and restrained lifestyle, despite his success in his adopted country, America.
Translated from German by Kevin Wiliarty, Sendker's beautiful novel does reflect the "lost in translation" syndrome - at times there was too Western a tone to the central characters' dialogue, but overall this novel has a depth and strength that carries a reader along like a cloud of smoke wafting in a breeze.
With vivid descriptions of a simple lifestyle in an exotic country, there is much to take away from this beautiful novel, which essentially explores the nature of love, life and death.
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