The Illusion of Separateness: A Novel

In The Illusion of Separateness, award-winning author Simon Van Booy tells a harrowing and enchanting story of how one man's act of mercy during World War II changed the lives of strangers, and how they each discover the astonishing truth of their connection.

Whether they are pursued by Nazi soldiers, old age, shame, deformity, disease, or regret, the characters in this utterly compelling novel discover in their, darkest moments of fear and isolation that they are not alone, that they were never alone, that every human being is a link in an unseen chain.

The Illusion of Separateness intertwines the stories of unique and compelling characters who--through seemingly random acts of selflessness--discover the vital parts they have played in each other's lives.

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224 pages

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SharonLooksAtBooks
Nov 17, 2024
4/10 stars
What I Liked: A series of overlapping short stories about the lives of five people. Random events in each story have later impacts on the other people's stories. What I Disliked: The characters were not particularly interesting, and therefore did not make me care that they had intersecting lives.

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