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008			110610s2006 nyu 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPR6063.C335 _bZ42 2006
082	0	0	_aFIC MCC
100	1		_aMcCann, Colum _d(, 1965-)
245	1	0	_aZoli _b: a novel _c/ Colum McCann
250			_aRandom House Trade pbk ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, c2006.
300			_a333 p. _c; 21 cm.
520			_aA unique love story, a tale of loss, a parable of Europe, this haunting novel is an examination of intimacy and betrayal in a community rarely captured so vibrantly in contemporary literature. Zoli Novotna, a young woman raised in the traveling Gypsy tradition, is a poet by accident as much as desire. As 1930s fascism spreads over Czechoslovakia, Zoli and her grandfather flee to join a clan of fellow Romani harpists. Sharpened by the world of books, which is often frowned upon in the Romani tradition, Zoli becomes the poster girl for a brave new world. As she shapes the ancient songs to her times, she finds her gift embraced by the Gypsy people and savored by a young English expatriate, Stephen Swann. But Zoli soon finds that when she falls she cannot fall halfway-neither in love nor in politics. While Zoli's fame and poetic skills deepen, the ruling Communists begin to use her for their own favor. Cast out from her family, Zoli abandons her past to journey to the West, in a novel that spans the 20th century and travels the breadth of Europe. Colum McCann, acclaimed author ofDancerandThis Side of Brightness, has created a sensuous novel about exile, belonging and survival, based loosely on the true story of the Romani poet Papsuza. It spans the twentieth century and travels the breadth of Europe. In the tradition of Steinbeck, Coetzee, and Ondaatje, McCann finds the art inherent in social and political history, while vividly depicting how far one gifted woman must journey to find where she belongs.
650		0	_aRomanies _z--Europe _y--20th century _v--Fiction
650			_aWomen poets _v--Fiction
650			_aJournalists _v--Fiction
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