When We Danced on Water, Paperback/Evan Fallenberg
Descriere
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'sThe Pianist, Dalia Sofer'sThe 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.
Despre autor
Evan Fallenberg este un scriitor și traducător american, născut în Statele Unite, care locuiește în Israel. Romanul său de debut, Light Fell, publicat în 2008, a câștigat Premiul Stonewall Book Award și Premiul Edmund White, fiind nominalizat pentru Premiul Lambda Literary pentru Debut în Ficțiune la cea de-a 21-a ediție a Premiilor Lambda Literary.
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