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With this major head to de force, John Guzlowski traces the arc of 1 of the millions of immigrant families of America, in this case survivors of the maelstrom of World Conflict II. Watch the publication trailer at www.polww2.com/EchoesTrailer. Fresh, eloquent, nuanced, personal - Guzlowski illuminates the many faces of conflict, the toll it takes on innocent civilians, and the ways in which the stress echoes down through decades. His narrative structure mirrors the fractured dislocation experienced by conflict refugees. By way of a haunting collage of jagged fragments - poems, prose and prose poems, freezing moments of the time, sometimes dreamlike and surreal, other times realistic and graphic - Guzlowski weaves a powerful story with impacts at levels both evident and subtle. The result is a deeper, more visceral understanding than might have been achieved through descriptive narrative alone. This is the tale of Guzlowski's family: his mom and dad, survivors of the conflict, used as slave laborers by the Germans; his sister and himself, created soon after the conflict in displaced people camps in Germany; the family's first days in the us and later their neighborhood friends in the us, some dysfunctional and lost, some mean, some caring and kind; and the human relationships between and among them all. As Guzlowski unfolds the story backward through time, he seduces us into taking the quest with him. On the way the transformative power of the creative process becomes noticeable. Guzlowski's writing helps him uncouple from the stress of days gone by and at the same time offers a pathway for popularity and reconciliation along with his parents. In the end, then, this is a story of healing.
