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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Set on the Greek island of Crete, The Shape of Crete is a thrilling drama and passionate love story between a Bulgarian artist, Steffi, and James, an American historian. Rekindling their romance after a separation, Crete's history of ancient myths and Nazi occupation entwines them in surprise and danger. They meet an Englishman searching for traces of his brother missing since 1943, and a local woman whose father was a partisan war leader; and then, shards of information reveal Steffi's grandfather fought with the Nazis. Danger lurks when a local thug decides Steffi and Jim's relationships with the others concerns gold lost in the war. The final tension-driven scenes unfold in a labyrinth-like cave in the spirit of the mythical battle between Theseus and the Minotaur. The unexpected conclusion questions whether love's best outcome is enlightenment or physical survival.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 150 pages. 9.10x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 292 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.73 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - '.I am a syncopator, a jazzman. I mark time by being offbeat. My beats make the weak ones strong and the strong ones weak.' With those words, the novel's main character, George Nepras, son of Czech immigrants and living a hard life in blue collar early twentieth-century Chicago, spins a tale of his life in jazz and his soul's redemption through it. Haunting the speakeasies of the Roaring Twenties, George studies early jazz greats like King Oliver and befriends jazz legend, Bix Beiderbecke. The road to his calling forces George to struggle against fate, virulent racial tensions, his insular ethnic neighborhood, and his own limitations in the tradition of James T. Farrell's character, Studs Lonigan. Often confused by the conflict between his Czech past and American identity, George nonetheless tackles life with the quiet courage and tenacity of Santiago in 'The Old Man and the Sea.'.…

Zustand: New. Klappentext .I am a syncopator, a jazzman. I mark time by being offbeat. My beats make the weak ones strong and the strong ones weak. With those words, the novel s main character, George Nepras, son of Czech immigrants and living a ha.