Phantoms

A Novel

De: Christian Kiefer

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

Torn apart by war and bigotry, two families confront long-buried secrets in this haunting American novel of World War II and Vietnam.

In the panoramic tradition of Charles Frazier's fiction, Phantoms is a fierce saga of American culpability. A Vietnam vet still reeling from war, John Frazier finds himself an unwitting witness to a confrontation, decades in the making, between two steely matriarchs: his aunt, Evelyn Wilson, and her former neighbor, Kimiko Takahashi. John comes to learn that in the onslaught of World War II, the Takahashis had been displaced as once-beloved tenants of the Wilson orchard and sent to an internment camp. One question has always plagued both families: What happened to the Takahashi son, Ray, when he returned from service and found that Placer County was no longer home - that nowhere was home for a Japanese American? As layers of family secrets unravel, the harrowing truth forces John to examine his own guilt.

In prose recalling Thomas Wolfe, Phantoms is a stunning exploration of the ghosts of American exceptionalism that haunt us today.

©2019 Christian Kiefer (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Brilliantly Engaging

Be prepared to be so wrapped up in the story that you consume every delicious word in one sitting. I didn’t intend to devote the whole day but I couldn’t stop either.

Blown away

Beautifully written. Intricate story told by an unlikely character. I could not stop listening. Well done Christian!

Phenomenal retelling - fabulous narrator

This novel kept my attention from beginning to end. The author has a talent for connecting the reader to each character, soliciting empathy where before I would have none.