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Winner of the 2013 Indies Choice Honor Award 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 change her life once more.
Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma,
her father's native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan
lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend recently
left her, she has suffered a miscarriage, and she is, despite her
wealth, unhappy with her professional life. Julia is lost and
exhausted. One day, in the middle of a business meeting, she hears
a stranger's voice in her head that causes her to leave the office
without explanation. In the following days, her crisis only
deepens. Not only does the female voice refuse to disappear, but it
starts to ask questions Julia has been trying to avoid.
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.
Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) for over twenty
years and, while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing
Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous
folktales and fables. These stories reveal the rich mythology and
spirituality of the diverse peoples of Burma, and the profound
social impact of Buddhist thought. Reminiscent of the Brothers
Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, this collection illustrates how
all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths. The
Long Path to Wisdom's evocative stories are sure to delight fans of
The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as readers new to the magic
and emotion of Sendker's writing.
Paul Leibovitz is 53, living in Hong Kong, deeply in love with the
city, its culture, and most of all, Christine. When a fortune
teller predicts the death of someone she loves, however, the pair
are once again thrust into the murky criminal world of Hong Kong
and forced to fight for their lives. We learn the details of
Christine's dark family history which is mired in the horrorsand
iniquities of Mao's cultural revolution and now her brother and his
family who are living in rural China are victims of a very modern
ecological scandal that is every bit as terrifying as past
atrocities. Moving and entertaining, Sendker's books cast a
profound and clear light on the inner world of a superpower that
many in the West cannot begin to comprehend.
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