Invisibles by Siegle Ed
Invisibles spans two cities by the sea and four decades of music, torture and romance. From the streets of Brighton to the bars of Rio, Ed Siegle weaves the rhythms of Brazil and the troubles of his characters into an absorbing story of identity, love and loss. Joel Burns has always believed his father is still alive. His mother Jackie has long been glad to know Gilberto is dead. When a sighting on a news report from Rio de Janeiro suggests Joel might be right, he travels to Brazil determined to find his long-lost father. Nelson, a down-and-out musician guided by the spirits of Jesus, Yemanj and his late Aunt Zila, helps Joel retrace his childhood steps - and face up to the contrast between his rosy memories of Gilberto and his mother's accounts of the man's cruelty and the violent times following his arrest and imprisonment by the military authorities. At once familiar and foreign, this sweet, sad and compulsively readable first novel by Ed Siegle throngs with visceral memory and unbreakable ordinary heroes.
Siegle, Ed: - Ed Siegle was born in Minehead and grew up in Somerset and Dorset. After studying Languages at Cambridge University, he moved to London where he worked as a business consultant for a number of years, before moving to Brighton. He now lives in Somerset with his wife and children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780956559913 |
| ISBN 10 | 0956559913 |
| Title | Invisibles |
| Author | Siegle Ed |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Myriad Editions |
| Year published | 2011-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Long-listed for Waverton Good Read Award 2012 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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