The Art of Hearing Heartbeats

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker is a very lovely book.  Within the first few minutes the prose drew me into the book.  The book is beautifully written and asks some really deep questions about love, life, and seeing.  The plot follows a woman who is on a quest to find her father after he disappears.  She follows his trail to Burma where he grew up and finds a strange man waiting for her, longing to tell her his tale.  In the tale she discovers her father anew.  His tale is the tale of a beautiful love story that lasts through the years.  I can't go into it much without giving the story away.  But the prose paint a wonderful picture of love, loss, and life.  Sendker does lead the reader's expectations in a very clear path, but it doesn't really take away from the book.  Over all I liked this book.