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1) Zoli
Zoli Novotna, a young woman raised in the travelling Gypsy tradition, is a poet by accident as much as desire. As fascism spreads over 1930s' Czechoslovakia, Zola and her grandfather flee to join a clan of fellow Romani harpists. Sharpened and inspired by reading books, Zoli becomes the symbol of a supposedly brave new world of tolerance in the Soviet Union. But as her fame grows and her skills deepen, the ruling Communists begin to use her for
..."One of the best books I've read in many, many years, if not in my life."—Anderson Cooper
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What does a mother say to the person responsible for kidnapping, torturing, and murdering her son? National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann channels Diane Foley's voice as she tells her story, as the mother of American journalist Jim Foley –
...In such acclaimed novels as Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic, National Book Award–winning author Colum McCann has transfixed readers...