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After losing her husband and daughter in an auto accident, 42-year-old Emma flies to Paris, discovers she has a twin brother whose existence she had not known about, and learns that her birth parents weren't the Americans who raised her, but a White Russian film star of the 1920s and a French Stalinist. A story about identity and the shaping function of art, My Life as a Silent Movie presents a vividly rendered world and poses provocative questions on the relationship of art to life.
- Sales Rank: #1342753 in eBooks
- Published on: 2013-09-13
- Released on: 2013-09-13
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
"In this sharply drawn chronicle of grief, a woman reassembles her identity through her father’s art and her brother’s tenuous offer of a new life.... Kercheval delves deeply into the rawest of emotions and the most wrenching of choices, richly detailing each twist and turn with grace." ―Kirkus Reviews
"Kercheval... blends fiction with fact in this often tense page turner. The book’s energy is by turns bleak and frenetic, and Kercheval deftly draws the reader in to Emma’s search for identity.... she delivers a compelling rumination on family and the losses that we often consider unimaginable." ―Wisconsin State Journal
"Jesse Lee Kercheval brings a poet's precision to this suspenseful story of one woman's journey to find what is left of her family. My Life As A Silent Movie is a brilliant, heartbreaking page-turner." ―Jennifer Vanderbes, author of Easter Island and Strangers at the Feast
"In this finely-wrought odyssey of reconstructing a life while tracing birth parents, Kercheval's prose reads like woof scuttling feverishly to fill in the warp." ―NUVO
"Fans of literary fiction will devour this tale of heartbreak, family, and politics. This is a story not to be missed." ―Library Journal
"Jesse Lee Kercheval's precise and sharp new novelMy Life as a Silent Movie shows us what happens in the wake of an unimaginable tragedy. Kercheval's prose is as clear as a silent film star's face, and the novel's twists and turns are wonderfully unexpected. Whether in Paris or in Indiana, readers will swoon." ―Emma Straub, author of Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
"A beautiful, evocative novel... Kercheval has that rare ability to bring a number of characters alive simultaneously on the page, to make us care about each one for their quirkiness, their hard luck stories and their equally hard-won wisdom. Readers will embrace this story as it melds the magic of old movies with the redemptive power of family.An original, poignant, and truly irresistible story for our time." ―Jonis Agee, author of The River Wife: A Novel
"Ms. Kercheval writes with clear economy, establishing a complicated plot with apparent effortlessness, and creating a less than strictly realistic narrative.... with sly wit and a wink at conventions that go beyond contemporary realism." ―Erin McGraw, author of Better Food for a Better World: A Novel
"Wildly entertaining, fascinating, and deeply moving, My Life as a Silent Movie will make you fall in love all over again with Paris, the history of silent cinema, and the enduring, mysterious drama of being alive. I did not want it to end." ―Holiday Reinhorn, author of Big Cats: Stories
"Provocative and playful,My Life as a Silent Movieis a lean and, yes, cinematic novel about a grief stricken woman who escapes to Paris and soon discovers a series of secrets that both rattle and embolden her. A considerable achievement, this novel grapples with the unpredictable march of history and the way it affects the most intimate parts of our private lives." ―Dean Bakopoulos, author ofMy American Unhappiness
About the Author
Jesse Lee Kercheval is author of 12 books including Brazil, winner of the Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Award; the poetry collection Cinema Muto, winner of the Crab Orchard Open Selection Award; and The Alice Stories, winner of the Prairie Schooner Fiction Book Prize. She teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Wisconsin.
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A Must listen!
By Reviewing Shelf
When I saw this audiobook up for review, there was something that appealed to me about this book (if you know me well, you know I don’t read book blurbs, so all my good books are usually either by fluke or recommendations). Well, it certainly could have been that Eiffel Tower on the cover (Side note: I love travelling and I am in love with the idea of Paris, still to visit though).
Okay, let me warn you upfront, this audiobook is almost 10 hours long. I know some are like 40 hours long but since I prefer short audios, this was huge for me. But wait, did I feel all 10 hours of it? Nope, not at all. And why would that be? Perhaps because the book pulled me in from the very first word and did not let go. The narration is good enough. But the major meat is the book! Just wow!
First, the author draws a background and you are interested in what’s going on. Mmm hmm… And then there comes the twists and the turns. And Paris! And the walks around Paris. Surprise upon surprise. I was totally overwhelmed (happily!) by the plot, the unraveling of it, the characters who I found myself rooting for. Giggling at times, wanting him to be @%^&$ alive! Woah, a gamut of emotions, all in one book.
There’s some history in there. Something I don’t really like but when you dish it out in a book, I’m all for it. A woman taking a trip across the world to unravel her past – now there’s some magic in that, right? History, art, travel, mystery, a solid plot, a good narration and there you have it, a brilliant book.
A must listen I would say.
4.5/5 stars – I really, really, really liked it! Highly Recommended.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Loved this novel. Worth the time to read. Read it on my flight from BWI to San Francisco, CA in early August 2014.
By Fiction Fan
I really loved this book. And I have had to drag myself to read a couple of other books (just saying that the Ocean at the End of the Lane finished FLAT for me, even after two readings) over the past month, but this one worked. Yes. There were a couple of moments when I really didn't believe the narrative voice, but I forgave and moved on to new possibilities because it is so well crafted. And - I have admired Jesse Lee Kercheval's work for a number of years, but I think this work is her best long work yet! Bravo! Well worth the time to read.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
A Search For Self
By Faith Dyson
I loved this book - mainly because I'm (also) adopted, went in search of my roots (not due to a tragedy, but just to curiosity) and (though I had to go farther back in history) found some relations just as fantastic as those of the main character.
Everyone has hidden greatness in them - somewhere. (If we dig far enough down, we'll find it.) All we need is the impetus to uncover - and express - it. That's what this story is all about. It's having the courage to discover, be - and love - your real self - no matter what and who you find that to be.
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