Map of the Invisible World
19.99 €
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Map of the Invisible World
19.99 €
A story about destinies intertwined with ghostly maps of the past—about a person's search for self through oblivion and separation.
Sixteen-year-old Adam is a thrice-orphaned orphan: his mother abandoned him and his older brother, Johan, then Johan abandoned him and was adopted, leaving Adam completely alone until he was taken in by a Dutchman, Karl, who became his adoptive father and took him to an idyllic remote Indonesian island. When Karl is arrested amid the political unrest in Indonesia in the 1960s, Adam is left alone again and travels to Jakarta to find his adoptive father.
Johan's story unfolds in parallel. He lives with a wealthy foster family in Malaysia and tries to cope with the feeling of alienation that never leaves him and come to terms with the long-standing childhood betrayal of his abandonment of his younger brother. Adam's search leads him to Margaret, an American teacher who will become his guide through the chaotic hell of Jakarta.
"Map of the Invisible World" is a book about memory, identity, brotherly love, betrayal, and redemption. It's a novel about how some worlds are invisible, yet they shape our lives, relationships, and decisions.
Sixteen-year-old Adam is a thrice-orphaned orphan: his mother abandoned him and his older brother, Johan, then Johan abandoned him and was adopted, leaving Adam completely alone until he was taken in by a Dutchman, Karl, who became his adoptive father and took him to an idyllic remote Indonesian island. When Karl is arrested amid the political unrest in Indonesia in the 1960s, Adam is left alone again and travels to Jakarta to find his adoptive father.
Johan's story unfolds in parallel. He lives with a wealthy foster family in Malaysia and tries to cope with the feeling of alienation that never leaves him and come to terms with the long-standing childhood betrayal of his abandonment of his younger brother. Adam's search leads him to Margaret, an American teacher who will become his guide through the chaotic hell of Jakarta.
"Map of the Invisible World" is a book about memory, identity, brotherly love, betrayal, and redemption. It's a novel about how some worlds are invisible, yet they shape our lives, relationships, and decisions.
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