Under the Visible Life is passion, music and love. Kim Echlin has composed twin stories about Katherine and about Mahsa. Katherine, born in Canada to a mixed race relationship. Mahsa, born in Pakistan, in a mixed race marriage. What else did they have in common? Audible visions of jazz and music, love of family and they each grew into themselves despite family tragedies. They both ultimately composed music and played piano together ~ their private and shared passions. The difficulties they both faced were social structures placed on them by personal and cultural history from their families and communities. They each loved deeply and distantly, keeping their love under their visible lives.
I so enjoyed this marvelous story, this fusion of culture and tradition that was played out in jazz and poetry. As a reader, I felt their music and their passions. The rhythm of this read was almost audible to me. Thank you Kim Echlin for this wonderful, tragic and beautiful story
“Love reaches beyond death. When we are
all gone, the music will still be here.”
~ Mahsa ~ from
Under the Visible Life by Kim Echlin
Title: Under the Visible Life
Author: Kim Echlin
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton-an imprint of Penguin Canada Books, Inc.
Publication Date: 2015
Format: Hard Cover
ISBN: 978-0-670-06532-5 (bound)
ISBN: 978-0-14-319442-2 (eBook)
Type: Fiction
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