Americký spisovatel Mark Slouka, syn českých rodičů, kteří po únorovém puči odešli do Spojených států, ve svém románu Daleko v srdci skládá kousek po kousku spletitou a často neveselou mozaiku svého života. Rozhodl se odhalit své... Zobraziť viac
Americký spisovatel Mark Slouka, syn českých rodičů, kteří po únorovém puči odešli do Spojených států, ve svém románu Daleko v srdci skládá kousek po kousku spletitou a často neveselou mozaiku svého života. Rozhodl se odhalit své... Zobraziť viac
The year is 1968. The world is changing, and sixteen-year-old Jon Mosher is determined to change with it. Racked by guilt over his older brother's childhood death and stuck in the dead-end town of Brewster, New York, he turns his rage into victories... Zobraziť viac
orn in Czechoslovakia, Mark Slouka's parents survived the Nazis only to have to 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 wit Zobraziť viac
As an infant, Jon Mosher tragically lost his older brother to a freak accident - something that could have happened to any family. There's nothing he could have done to prevent it, but there it is anyway, that loss echoing in every room and painted on... Zobraziť viac
Born attached at the chest, Chang and Eng were considered a marvel, an act of God. By any standard, theirs is a history of epic variety and drama. Mark Slouka recounts their tumultuous story, from the docks of... Zobraziť viac
In fifteen beautifully wrought stories-ranging from occupied Czechoslovakia to California's Central Valley to the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest-Mark Slouka explores moments in life when our back is to the wall... Zobraziť viac
