Fault Lines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802170514)

A best seller in France, with over 400,000 copies sold, and currently being translated into eighteen languages, Fault Lines is the new novel from internationally-acclaimed and best-selling author Nancy Huston. Huston's novel is a profound and poetic story that traces four generations of a single family from present-day California to WW II]Cera Germany. Fault Lines begins with Sol, a gifted, terrifying child whose mother believes he is destined for greatness partly because he has a birthmark like his dad, his grandmother, and his great-grandmother. When Sol's family makes an unexpected trip to Germany, secrets begin to emerge about their history during World War II. It seems birthmarks are not all that's been passed down through the bloodlines. Closely observed, lyrically told, and epic in scope, Fault Lines is a touching, fearless, and unusual novel about four generations of children and their parents. The story moves from the West Coast of the United States to the East, from Haifa to Toronto to Munich, as secrets unwind back through time until a devastating truth about the family's origins is reached. Huston tells a riveting, vigorous tale in which love, music, and faith rage against the shape of evil.

Author: Nancy Huston
ISBN-10: 080217051X
ISBN-13: 9780802170514
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/02/2008 pg. 25
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/2008 pg. 47
Library Journal 07/15/2008 pg. 61
Booklist 08/01/2008 pg. 36
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2008 pg. 837
New York Times Book Review 11/02/2008 pg. 7
New York Times Book Review 11/09/2008 pg. 50