The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from rosalita

This book might be the first time I've ever wished for a more granular rating scale than half-stars. This book is probably more than 3.5 but less than 4.0, at least according to my own personal rating scale (it's up there at the top of the tread, for reference). It's very well-written, it's poign...

from ozzer

It's hard to imagine a bleaker ambience for a novel than this one? It is the diary of Ivan Isaenko, a 17-year-old offspring of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He has no legs, only one arm (that has only a thumb and two fingers) and a badly damaged face making speech and expression almost impossib...

from indygo88

17-year-old Ivan has lived his whole life in the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children. A victim of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, he was born with physical deformities and was deserted as an infant. Though physically repulsive to some, he possesses sarcasm and wit perhaps unusual for someone ...

from wagner.sarah35

*I received a copy of this book from the publisher.* Set in a hospital in the former Soviet Union, this novel, which chronicles the life of patient Ivan Isaenko and his youthful love of another dying patient, is full of thought-provoking insights and sharp wit. Ivan, while severly limited by his ...

from Dianekeenoy

I needed to just think about this book for awhile after I finished reading it. It's the story of Ivan, a 17 yr. old boy living in the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. While he has numerous physical deformities that make life extremely difficult, there is nothing wrong with his ...