{"product_id":"books-the-visible-world-by-mark-slouka","title":"The Visible World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn immensely moving, powerfully romantic novel about the vagaries of love and the legacy of war, \u003ci\u003e The Visible World\u003c\/i\u003e is narrated by theAmerican-born son of Czech immigrants. His New York childhood, lived in aboisterous community of the displaced, is suffused with stories: fragments ofEuropean history, Czech fairy tales, and family secrets gleaned from overheardconversations. Central in his young imagination is the heroic account of theseven Czech parachutists who, in 1942, assassinated a high-ranking Nazi. Yetone essential story has always evaded him: his mother's. He suspects she had agreat wartime love, the loss of which bred a sadness that slowly engulfed her.As an adult, the narrator travels to Prague, hoping to piece together herhidden past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480621211921,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780618756438.jpg?v=1777550177","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-visible-world-by-mark-slouka","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}