![]() It starts with Mya Mya, a young Burmese woman who regards the birth of Tin Win as a calamity. Just as we’re settling into Julia’s quest, the story shifts to the one told by U Ba. There she meets U Ba, who has been waiting to tell her the story Tin Win told him, a story from which “a life emerged, revealing its power and its magic.” Julia travels to Kalaw, determined to find Mi Mi, the only clue to her father’s past. Four years after his disappearance, Julia finds a letter he wrote to a woman named Mi Mi. ![]() Julia, a recent law school graduate, viewed her father as staid, reliable, out-of-date - not the sort of person whose life is filled with mystery or who takes an unannounced trip to Thailand. ![]() Burmese by birth, Tin Win became an American citizen in 1959. The Times described him as “an influential Wall Street lawyer” but the police suspect he had a hidden past. ![]() The remainder of the novel is problematic it sustained my interest but not my enthusiasm.Īfter telling her that he was leaving for an appointment in Boston, Julia Win’s father takes a flight to Thailand and disappears. ![]() The first third of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is enthralling. First published in German in 2002 first published in translation in 2006 published by Other Press on January 31, 2012 ![]()
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