New York, December 24. A stray bullet and Branka Svetidrva, who survived the snipers gunfire in Sarajevo, is dead just days before she would have given birth. The father-to-be had never believed in love, until she had shown him the joys of a shared life. Grieving and contemplating the betrayal of hope that lurks beneath a city s glossy surface, he wanders the streets, until meeting a loving husband and wife, living by choice on the margins of society. They listen to his story and tell their own, while in the background the television news reports on astronaut Stanislas Konchenko, who has just...
New York, December 24. A stray bullet and Branka Svetidrva, who survived the snipers gunfire in Sarajevo, is dead just days before she would have give...
This modern-day crime/psychological thriller is set against a backdrop of intolerance and narrow-mindedness, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis. Its sinuous plot and complex characters take the reader on a suspense-filled journey of discovery. Sara, born to a Muslim mother and a Jewish father, is a Canadian archaeology student who has moved to Jerusalem. She soon realizes that Israel is a country where questions of faith and religion are inextricably mixed with politics and daily life all too often creating deeply rooted frontiers and barriers in the souls of the people who live there....
This modern-day crime/psychological thriller is set against a backdrop of intolerance and narrow-mindedness, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis. ...