{"product_id":"the-silent-woman-paperback","title":"The Silent Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMonika Zgustova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Tree\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eNorman Manea\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis \"exhilarating novel\" of love, longing, and exile \"captures the passion of a century in turmoil\" (Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, author of \u003cem\u003eHiroshima in the Morning\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the \"outstanding\" Czech writer Monika Zgustova, \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Woman\u003c\/em\u003e depicts a twentieth-century woman's life against a backdrop of war and political turmoil (Vaclav Havel).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSylva, half Czech and half German, is born into an aristocratic family and lives in a castle outside Prague. She marries a man she doesn't love and is seduced by the joyful madness of Paris in the 1920s as an ambassador's wife. When the Nazis force her to state her loyalty, she capitulates, not realizing how this decision will inform and haunt the rest of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSylva's story is interwoven with that of her son Jan, a world-renowned mathematician and Russian emigre living in the United States, who exudes the restlessness of a man without a country. With insight and candor, Zgustova weaves a multigenerational narrative of the consequences of moral choices and how individuals come to terms with their own forms of exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMonika Zgustová\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Prague and lives in Barcelona. She has published seven books, including novels, short stories, a play, and a biography. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Woman\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) was one of two runners-up for the National Award for the Novel, given by the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Zgustová has also received the Giutat de Barcelona and the Mercè Rodoreda awards in Spain, and the Gratias Agist Prize given by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague. She has translated more than fifty books of Russian and Czech fiction and poetry, including the works of Milan Kundera and Vaclav Havel, into both Spanish and Catalan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771592245536,"sku":"9781558618411","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4eb971b8699bf47454ce727a732dc3f0.webp?v=1780389023","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-silent-woman-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}