communists a pair of writers returning from soviet exile. you've heard the expression there's no place like home but what happens when there's no where you belong. when you've arrived can you still be said to be fleeing and when you're fleeing can you ever arrive. in visitation the character's fates are all tied together by the brutality of the twentieth century whether or not they realize it it's a quiet little place and germany is not so very quiet history. before you surprised that this book was chosen for the list. needed me because it does not necessarily i was pleased to be on the list much but which book i like in particular i think my favorite is visitation sometimes art it's close to my heart