Ebook {Epub PDF} Extraordinary Renditions by Andrew Ervin

Andrew Ervin's "Extraordinary Renditions" is a look at three different lives intersecting in Budapest -- a Jewish composer, a black American soldier, and expat violinist. They have all chosen paths that lead to unpredictable outcomes. Ervin also presents an interesting view of the Hungarian capital/5(13).  · Set in Budapest—a city marked by its rich cultural heritage, the scars of empire, the fresher wounds of industry, and the collateral damage of globalism— Extraordinary Renditions is the sweeping story of three equally tarnished expatriates. World-renowned composer and Holocaust survivor Lajos Harkályi has returned to Hungary to debut his final opera and share his mother's parting gift, the ISBN Reviews. "Literary critic Ervin's debut mines very different ways of achieving personal and artistic freedom in three neatly polished, interlocking tales." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Set in Budapest—a city marked by its rich cultural heritage, the scars of empire, the fresher wounds of industry, and the collateral damage of globalism— Extraordinary Renditions is the sweeping story of three .

Andrew Ervin grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs and has lived in Budapest, Illinois, and Louisiana. Extraordinary Renditions' clear tenor hearkens the ancient masters of the novel in the most sublime way, even as it points toward that which is post-mastery."—Bayo Ojikutu. Andrew Ervin () is an American writer whose debut novella collection Extraordinary Renditions (Coffee House Press) was selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books of His debut novel Burning Down George Orwell's House (Soho Press) was listed as an Editor's Choice in the New York Times Book Review. He currently lives in Philadelphia. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CIP INFORMATION Ervin, Andrew. Extraordinary renditions / Andrew Ervin. p. cm. ISBN (alk. paper) ISBN (e-book) 1. Composers—Fiction. 2. Soldiers—Fiction. 3. Women musicians—Fiction. 4. Budapest (Hungary)—Fiction. I. Title. PSRE98 '.6—DC22 ISBN

“There is a lyrical muscularity in Ervin’s writing that, at times, leaves the reader breathless. Extraordinary Renditions is tightly plotted and brilliantly composed. A very good book and, one hopes, a taste of things to come.” — January Magazine “Andrew Ervin works literary magic in his novel Extraordinary Renditions. Vividly exploring Budapest’s past and present in three linked novellas, Ervin’s true mastery of the language becomes apparent as the stories converge.”. Set in Budapest—a city marked by its rich cultural heritage, the scars of empire, the fresher wounds of industry, and the collateral damage of globalism— Extraordinary Renditions is the sweeping story of three equally tarnished expatriates. World-renowned composer and Holocaust survivor Lajos Harkályi has returned to Hungary to debut his final opera and share his mother's parting gift, the melody from a lullaby she sang as he was forced to leave his Hungarian home for the infamous Czech. "Ervin keeps his emotionally and politically fraught setting animated, thanks largely to his skill at inhabiting each of his characters [Extraordinary Rendition's] ending makes a poignant case for the power of art in an age of war." ―Minneapolis Star-Tribune.