Título: Tears of Amber
Autor: Sofía Segovia
Sinopse: From the bestselling author of The Murmur of Bees comes a transportive novel of two families uprooted by war and united by the bonds of love and courage.
With war looming dangerously close, Ilse’s school days soon turn to lessons of survival. In the harshness of winter, her family must join the largest exodus in human history to survive. As battle lines are drawn and East Prussia’s borders vanish beneath them, they leave their farm and all they know behind for an uncertain future.
But Ilse also has Janusz, her family’s young Polish laborer, by her side. As they flee from the Soviet army, his enchanting folktales keep her mind off the cold, the hunger, and the horrors unfolding around them. He tells her of a besieged kingdom in the Baltic Sea from which spill the amber tears of a heartbroken queen.
Neither of them realizes his stories will prove crucial and prophetic.
Not far away, trying and failing to flee from a vengeful army, Arno and his mother hide in the ruins of a Königsberg mansion, hoping that once the war ends they can reunite their dispersed family. But their stay in the walled city proves untenable when they find themselves dodging bombs and scavenging in the rubble. Soon they’ll become pawns caught between two powerful enemies, on a journey with an unknown destination.
Hope carries these children caught in the crosshairs of war on an extraordinary pilgrimage in which the gift of an amber teardrop is at once a valuable form of currency and a symbol of resilience, one that draws them together against insurmountable odds.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Tears of Amber”, de Sofía Segovia, publicado pela editora Amazon Crossing, em 2021 e com 493 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Amazon Crossing
Páginas: 493
Ano: 2021-05-01
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1542027918
ISBN13: 9781542027915
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Amazon Crossing costumam levar o leitor a universos intensos, onde a história pessoal se entrelaça com contextos sociais e políticos profundos. A narrativa frequentemente explora conflitos humanos em cenários que vão desde regimes totalitários e guerras até histórias familiares marcadas por segredos e descobertas. O tom varia entre o suspense tenso, o drama emocional e a aventura épica, com personagens que enfrentam dilemas morais complexos e jornadas de autoconhecimento. O catálogo sugere uma atenção especial a histórias que cruzam fronteiras culturais e temporais, com uma linguagem acessível, mas rica em detalhes que sustentam a imersão.
