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Jan-Philipp Sendker

    1 de enero de 1960

    Jan-Philipp Sendker crea narrativas que transportan a los lectores a las profundidades del espíritu humano y a los confines del mundo. Su estilo literario se caracteriza por una precisión poética, experta en capturar los sutiles matices de las relaciones y las diferencias culturales. A través de una narración cautivadora, explora temas de amor, pérdida y la búsqueda de sentido, a menudo ambientados en vibrantes y exóticos escenarios. La escritura de Sendker invita a la contemplación sobre lo que realmente nos une.

    Jan-Philipp Sendker
    The long path to wisdom
    The Far Side of the Night
    The Heart Remembers
    A well-tempered heart
    El susurro de las sombras
    El arte de escuchar los latidos del corazón
    • Abatido por la muerte de su hijo y por su fallido matrimonio, Paul Leibovitz abandona la mastodóntica Hong Kong y se refugia en una isla, donde solo está en contacto con David, su amigo comisario, y con Christine, que lo ama y espera pacientemente a que se recupere. El azar querrá que se involucre en un caso de desaparición y asesinato en el que presuntamente hay implicadas personas muy influyentes, entre ellos el propio David, debido a su turbio pasado durante la Revolución. Una investigación que le permitirá a Paul cerrar las heridas abiertas por el pasado

      El susurro de las sombras
    • The sequel to the international best-selling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend has recently left her and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy with her professional life. Julia is lost and exhausted. One day, in the middle of an important business meeting, she hears a stranger’s voice in her head that causes her to leave the office without explanation. In the following days, her crisis only deepens. Not only does the female voice refuse to disappear, but it starts to ask questions Julia has been trying to avoid. Why do you live alone? To whom do you feel close? What do you want in life? Interwoven with Julia’s story is that of a Burmese woman named Nu Nu who finds her world turned upside down when Burma goes to war and calls on her two young sons to be child soldiers. This spirited sequel, like The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, explores the most inspiring and passionate terrain: the human heart.

      A well-tempered heart
    • The Heart Remembers

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      The highly anticipated final book in the internationally bestselling The Art of Hearing Heartbeats trilogy, a moving story about love’s power to transcend distances and heal seemingly irreparable wounds. Twelve-year-old Ko Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. An unusually perceptive child, Bo Bo can read people’s emotions in their eyes. This acute sensitivity only makes his unconventional home life more difficult: His father comes to visit him once a year, and he can hardly remember his mother, who, for unclear reasons, keeps herself away from her son. Everything changes when Bo Bo discovers the story of his parents’ great love, which threatens to break down in the whirlwind of political events, and of his mother’s mysterious sickness. Convinced that he can heal her and reunite their family, Bo Bo decides to set out in search of his parents. A gripping, heartwarming tale that takes the reader from Burma to New York and back, The Heart Remembers is a worthy conclusion to Jan-Philipp Sendker’s beloved series.

      The Heart Remembers
    • The Far Side of the Night

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      During a trip to China, Paul and Christine experience the nightmare of every parent: their four year old son is threatened with kidnap. The only safe place for the family is the US embassy in Beijing, but they are two thousand miles away, with the police searching frantically for them, and all airports, train stations and major roads under surveillance. They'll have no chance without help from strangers, but who will be willing to risk their lives for them?Suspenseful and rife with the page-turning storytelling that has come to define Sendker's work, The Far Side of the Night is a brilliant and timely thriller that offers a penetrating look into contemporary China.

      The Far Side of the Night
    • Jan-Philipp Sendker has visited Myanmar (Burma) for over twenty years and, while doing research for his novels The Art of Hearing Heartbeats and A Well-Tempered Heart, he encountered numerous folktales and fables. These stories reveal the rich mythology and spirituality of the diverse peoples of Burma, and the profound social impact of Buddhist thought. Reminiscent of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, this collection illustrates how all cultures draw on a universal wisdom to create their myths.The Long Path to Wisdom's evocative stories are sure to delight fans of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats as well as readers new to the magic and emotion of Sendker's writing.

      The long path to wisdom
    • From the internationally bestselling author of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats, a moving tale of forbidden love and extraordinary courage in the face of disaster. Eighteen-year-old Niri and his family live a modest but secure life working in the villa of the wealthy Benzes. But when the pandemic comes, they are all let go, and left staring into the abyss of abject poverty. As their situation grows increasingly desperate, the once rule-abiding monastery student decides he won’t wait at the mercy of a corrupt, indifferent government, and rebels against his father’s resigned acceptance. Sneaking through the locked-down city at night, past the military patrols, Niri returns to the villa to take what his family needs to survive. Waiting for him there is his childhood friend—and the Benzes’ daughter—Mary, who has a bigger plan that will change their lives forever. A universal story of love across social classes, The Rebel and the Thief poignantly shows how adversity can teach us what matters most: courage to resist, will to change, and unconditional trust in each other.

      The Rebel And The Thief
    • The Language of Solitude, 2

      • 352 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Starting over in Hong Kong after a devastating family tragedy, journalist Paul Leibovitz investigates a mysterious illness in a remote village outside Shanghai, where he discovers that a powerful chemical conglomerate is polluting a local lake

      The Language of Solitude, 2