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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Overall, I guess that I enjoyed the book. I thought the story of Tin Win and Mi Mi was sweet and sad and almost magical. BUT I was annoyed by the passivity of Tim Win. His feelings were profound and yet he was ok with living without her for fifty years? Really? Why? If he was truly content why suddenly go back to Burma? I'm too cynical for this book. The timeline for U Ba and Julia didn't make a great deal of sense to me either - their ages did not seem to reconcile. Perhaps I need to re read the early sections of the book to clear things up. I'm also not sure why they needed to add the "twist" at the end. To make the overall story arc more sad? I couldn't warm up to The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. The characters' back stories seem melodramatic and contrived rather than authentic. The prose are not nearly as artful as they try to be. I'm not sure how to describe the style -- it has some magical elements but misses the mark for magical realism. Finally, at no time did I experience a sense that I had entered into "their world." Perhaps the writer has not found his voice? Kurze Inhaltsangabe Eine der grossen Liebesgeschichten unserer Zeit, die schon Hunderttausende Leserinnen begeisterte und stetig neue Leser findet: Die Suche nach ihrem vermissten Vater führt Julia Win von New York nach Kalaw, einem malerischen, in den Bergen Burmas versteckten Dorf. Ein vierzig Jahre alter Liebesbrief ihres Vaters an eine unbekannte Frau hat sie an diesen magischen Ort geführt. Hier findet sie nicht nur einen Bruder, von dem sie nichts wusste, sondern stösst auch auf ein Familiengeheimnis, das ihr Leben für immer verändert. Ingår i serienBurma (1) Har en uppföljare som inte ingår i serienPriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
Vacker kr̃lekssaga som erv̲rat vr̃lden[/p]Konsten att hr̲a hjr̃tslag av Jan-Philipp Sendker r̃ en storslagen kr̃leksroman. En modern saga och internationell bs̃tsl̃jare som nu sl̄ts i nr̃mare en miljon exemplar.Tin Win r̃ framgn̄gsrik advokat i New York. Han kommer ursprungligen frn̄ Burma men hans amerikanska familj, hustru och tv ̄barn, vet ns̃tan ingenting om hans uppvx̃t och bakgrund.En dag strax efter att dottern Julia avlagt sin juridikexamen fr̲svinner han utan ett ord. Familjen tvingas till slut acceptera att spr̄en slutar i Bangkok. Fyra r̄ senare hittar Julia ett fyrtio r̄ gammalt kr̃leksbrev som hennes far skrivit till en okñd kvinna i en by i Burma.Hos Julia tñds t̄er hoppet och hon bestm̃mer sig fr̲ att sk̲a upp kvinnan i brevet. Nr̃ Julia kommer till den lilla byn bland bergen hamnar hon i en frm̃mande vr̃ld. I byns tehus lr̃ hon kñna en man som bert̃tar en mr̃klig historia om den blinde pojken och flickan med de missbildade ft̲terna, om det som str̄ skrivet i stjr̃norna och om kr̃lek som v̲ervinner allt. verst̃tare: Lena Torndahl [Elib] Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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A successful middle aged lawyer, one day leaves his home and family, never to be seen again. His grown daughter, Julia, after 4 years, gets a packet of letters from her mother, where she discovers her father may have had a secret love. She decides to go back to his homeland in Burma to discover what happened.
When she arrives, an older man approaches her, and for the rest of the book, he tells her a story; the story of her father.
The story is beautiful, tender and sweet. I love how it unfolds, such a wonderful tale of love.
The way it's told almost makes it like a fairy tale, but who of us doesn't want to hear a tale of undying love.
I found it fascinating and enchanting. ( )