Nobody's Son: A Memoir
Mark Slouka
Oct 2016 · Highbridge Audio · Narrated by Tom Zingarelli
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Born in Czechoslovakia, Mark Slouka's parents survived the Nazis only to be forced to then escape the Communist purges after the war. Smuggled out of their own country, the newlyweds joined a tide of refugees moving from Innsbruck to Sydney to New York, dragging with them a history of blood and betrayal that their son would be born into.
From World War I to the present, Slouka pieces together a remarkable story of refugees and war, displacement and denial, admitting into evidence memories, dreams, stories, the lies we inherit and the lies we tell—in an attempt to reach his mother, the figure at the center of the labyrinth. Her story—the revelation of her life-long burden and the forty-year love affair that might have saved her—shows the way out of the maze.
From World War I to the present, Slouka pieces together a remarkable story of refugees and war, displacement and denial, admitting into evidence memories, dreams, stories, the lies we inherit and the lies we tell—in an attempt to reach his mother, the figure at the center of the labyrinth. Her story—the revelation of her life-long burden and the forty-year love affair that might have saved her—shows the way out of the maze.
Born in Czechoslovakia, Mark Slouka's parents survived the Nazis only to be forced to then escape the Communist purges after the war. Smuggled out of their own country, the newlyweds joined a tide of refugees moving from Innsbruck to Sydney to New York, dragging with them a history of blood and b...
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About the author
Mark Slouka is the author of works of fiction including Brewster, Lost Lake, a New York Times Notable Book, and The Visible World, a finalist for the British Book Award. His essay collection, Essays from the Nick of Time, was the winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Speilvogel Award.
A veteran voice artist, Tom Zingarelli has produced and narrated many audiobooks in the last several years. He has also recorded books for the Connecticut State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. His voice was featured on the popular PBS children's television program Between the Lions.
Mark Slouka is the author of works of fiction including Brewster, Lost Lake, a New York Times Notable Book, and The Visible World, a finalist for the British Book Award. His essay collection, Essays from the Nick of Time, was the winner of the PEN/Diamonstein-Speilvogel Award.
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