understand her to mean by this?
15. Zoli triumphs in Paris. It is a small, personal triumph, a journey toward joy. Will that joy extend itself through the rest of her days? Do you think her poetry will now be rescued and sung by others? What happens to Zoli after the final page?
Suggested Further Reading
In the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
What Is the What, by Dave Eggers
The People's Act of Love by James Meek
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
by Isabel Fonseca
COLUM MCCANN is the author of five other works of fiction, including This Side of Brightness and Dancer, both of which were international bestsellers. He was featured as the
“Next Great Novelist” in Esquire magazine's “America's Best and Brightest” (2003). He is the winner of the inaugural Ireland Fund of Monaco's Literary Award, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and a Pushcart Prize, and he was recently inducted into the Hennessy Hall of Fame for Irish Literature. McCann's books have been published in twenty-six languages. His short film Everything in This Country Must, directed by Gary McKendry, was nominated for an Oscar in 2005. He lives in New York City with his wife and children.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Table of Contents
Cover
Other Books By This Author
Title Page
Dedication
Chapter 1 - Slovakia
Chapter 2 - Czechoslovakia
Chapter 3 - England-Czechoslovakia
Chapter 4 - Czechoslovakia—Hungary—Austria
Chapter 5 - Slovakia
Chapter 6 - Compeggio, Northern Italy
Chapter 7 - Paris
Acknowledgments/Author's Note
