The Ambassadors
George Lerner
(Author)
Description
An eye-opening account of the Rwandan civil war and an achingly tender portrait of a family at odds. Embedded in real events, the novel takes us on an unforgettable journey through the Congo, Germany, and Brooklyn as it examines one family's passage through genocide and grief. Jacob Furman has always chosen his call to duty over his wife, Susanna, and their son, Shalom. When he's deployed to the Congo as a Mossad operative to help the Tutsis in their fight against the Hutus, Susanna and Shalom are left once again to contemplate his absence. Susanna, a Holocaust survivor and an esteemed linguistics scholar, buries herself in work as she searches for the biological roots of human language, while Shalom, overwhelmed by the accomplishments of his parents, struggles in search of his identity.After years apart, a fragile reunion borne out of illness sparks a sense of family they never had before, connecting the three to a web of emotion not just to one another, but to the political events that have defined our century.Product Details
Price
$24.95
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Publish Date
September 15, 2014
Pages
343
Dimensions
6.1 X 1.8 X 9.1 inches | 1.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781605986203
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About the Author
George Lerner is a producer for CNN and PBS and has traveled throughout Africa and has reported on some of the most landmark moments in African history, including South Sudan's Independence Day, the Democratic Republic of Congo's elections, and an interview with Zimbabwe's President Mugabe, which was nominated for an Emmy. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Reviews
Perceptively, generously, Lerner's exact and exacting first novel reminds us that saving the world must always start at home, around ourown hearths, with our own loved ones. Without that, we are surely lost. With it, we may be saved.--Karen Shepard, author of The Celestials
An amazing and impressive debut. A riveting read from beginning to end and one of those all too infrequent novels that linger in the mind long after they are finished. Very highly recommended for both personal reading lists and community library General Fiction collections.
In this bold and unexpectedly tender novel, George Lerner chronicles both our darkest times and our most hopeful. With the documentary eye of a journalist, he marches us across the unspeakably cruel killing fields of the twentieth century, and with the heart of a novelist, he explores the redemptive power of forgiveness and love.--Gary Schanbacher, author of CROSSING PURGATORY
With a documentarian's depth of field and a novelist's perspicacity, George Lerner expertly and poignantly illuminates the trials of nations and the trails of the heart--and the ways to which they intersect--in this deeply gratifying, deeply resonant novel.--Charles Blackstone, author of VINTAGE ATTRACTION
An amazing and impressive debut. A riveting read from beginning to end and one of those all too infrequent novels that linger in the mind long after they are finished. Very highly recommended for both personal reading lists and community library General Fiction collections.
In this bold and unexpectedly tender novel, George Lerner chronicles both our darkest times and our most hopeful. With the documentary eye of a journalist, he marches us across the unspeakably cruel killing fields of the twentieth century, and with the heart of a novelist, he explores the redemptive power of forgiveness and love.--Gary Schanbacher, author of CROSSING PURGATORY
With a documentarian's depth of field and a novelist's perspicacity, George Lerner expertly and poignantly illuminates the trials of nations and the trails of the heart--and the ways to which they intersect--in this deeply gratifying, deeply resonant novel.--Charles Blackstone, author of VINTAGE ATTRACTION
