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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In Radiant Daughter, award-winning novelist Patricia Grossman follows a Czech-American family for twenty-seven years, beginning in suburban Chicago in 1969 and ending in Brooklyn, in seaside Little Odessa, in 1996. Though the novel begins as a traditional assimilation story immigrant parents, native children, and the conflicts one might expectit evolves into a highly particular and harrowing tale surrounding the descent of Elise Blazek, the familys brightest star. Radiant Daughter is also a story of translationbetween generations, from the Czech of Irena and Stepan, to the American of the children, and finally to the Russian that is Elises academic specialty. In Radiant Daughter, award-winning novelist Patricia Grossman follows a Czech-American family for twenty-seven years, beginning in suburban Chicago in 1969 and ending in Brooklyn, in seaside "Little Odessa," in 1996. Though the novel begins as a traditional assimilation story-- immigrant parents, "native" children, and the conflicts one might expect--it evolves into a highly particular and harrowing tale surrounding the descent of Elise Blazek, the family's brightest star. Radiant Daughter is also a story of translation--between generations, from the Czech of Irena and Stepan, to the "American" of the children, and finally to the Russian that is Elise's academic specialty. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780810151994