title: Zoli: A Novel
author:  Colum McCann 
description: Very powerful . . . rich in vivid detail . . . the prose is just plain gorgeous. . . . McCann allows us to enter a world few of us know anything about.<b><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b><br /> <br /> [A] beautifully written [novel] loosely based on the life of the Polish Gypsy poet Papusza, who lived throughout most of the twentieth century. . . . Beautifully conceived, wonderfully told, the story is proof of an indomitable spirit. The elusive character of Zoli, the brilliang artist, is unforgettable.<b><i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b><br /> <br /> McCann is a writer of large and driving vision. . . . [<i>Zoli</i>] contains passages of stunning lyricism and sharp ironic force.<b><i>The New York Times</i></b> <br /> <br /> Rich and sensuous . . . McCanns research and lustrous prose bring Zoli vibrantly alive.<b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br /> <br /> Astonishing . . . carefully crafted and subtle portrait of one womans rich and troubled relationship with her people, and with her own Gypsy heart.<b><i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i></b><br /> <br /> Soaring and stumbling over decades of midcentury Eastern Europe,<i>Zoli</i>is a riveting novel.<b>Gail Caldwell, <i>Boston Sunday Globe</i></b><br /> <br /> McCann affirms with Zoli, his fourth novel, that he is a writer with a method and a mission . . . The Roma hardships under the Nazis, their hopes and cruel disillusion under Communism, are grittily conveyed in scenes well researched and often gripping.<b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b>
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  # Zivan
  
  
  ### Galactic Mates, Book Six
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Luna Hunter
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright 2017 Luna Hunter.
  
  
  Published by Luna Hunter at Amazon.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This work of fiction is intended for mature audiences only. All characters
  represented within are eighteen years of age or older and any resemblance to
  actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This work is property
  of Luna Hunter, please do not reproduce illegally.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Newsletter](part0003.html#2RHM0-65078b3a997045c5909b4ebded9a0134)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Mia](part0004.html#3Q280-65078b3a997045c5909b4ebded9a0134)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Zivan](part0005.html#4OIQ0-65078b3a997045c5909b4ebded9a0134)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Mia](part0006.html#5N3C0-65078b3a997045c5909b4ebded9a0134)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Zivan](part0007.html#6LJU0-65078b3a997045c5909b4ebded9a013