{"product_id":"9780547525211","title":"The Visible World: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e“A vibrantly told love story” with tragic roots in WWII Czechoslovakia (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e An American-born son of Czech immigrants grows up in postwar New York, part of a boisterous community of the displaced where he learns fragments of European history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheard conversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of the seven Czech parachutists who, in 1942, assassinated a high-ranking Nazi. Yet one essential story has always evaded him: his mother’s.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e He suspects she had a great wartime love, the loss of which bred a sadness that slowly engulfed her. As an adult, he travels to Prague, hoping to piece together her hidden past—leading to the compelling story at the heart of \u003ci\u003eThe Visible World\u003c\/i\u003e—an “almost unbearably poignant work . . . a penetrating, beautifully composed novel from a writer with a tangible sense of place and period,” the acclaimed author of\u003ci\u003e Brewster\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod’s Fool\u003c\/i\u003e, named a Best Book of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The sheer beauty of Mark Slouka’s prose will draw comparisons to \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e.” —Gary Shteyngart, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times–\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSuper Sad True Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A book that will last.” —Colum McCann, National Book Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123827261680,"sku":"9780547525211","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547525211_p0.jpg?v=1769896208","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547525211","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}