Olivia DrakeFebruary 13, 20122min
A translation titled "The Art of Hearing Heartbeats," written by Kevin Wiliarty, academic computing manager, was published Jan. 31 by The Other Press. The Art of Hearing Heartbeats is a translation of Jan-Philipp Sendker's Das Herzenhören, originally published in 2004. A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be…until they find a love letter he wrote many years ago, to a Burmese woman they have never…