Klima, Ivan

New York. 1998. January 1998. Grove Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0802116256. Translated from the Czech by A. G. Brain. 387 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Susan Daboll. keywords: Literature Translated Czech Eastern Europe . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Pastor Daniel Vedra has a good wife, three children, a full life. He preaches, cares for his family and his congregation, ministers to prisoners, and is a sought-after commentator on the problems facing the rapidly changing society of the Czech Republic. But privately he struggles with the knowledge that he has never recaptured the depth of intimacy he had with his first wife, Jitka, who died suddenly and young. On the day that his mother dies, a beautiful married stranger comes to hear him preach. As their relationship reintroduces him to the intimacy he knew with his lost Jitka, Daniel finds his heart reawakening. But their affair will lead him to betray everything he has lived for: his family, his vocation, and his future. Set in a Czech Republic in the throes of complete social and economic upheaval, the order that had underpinned Daniel's life falls apart, his intimacy with God splintered by that which he has found with another man's wife. inventory #24819 ISBN: 0802116256.