About This Book
A CARELESS FEAST
by Mara Rostov
The lush but precarious tapestry of affluent Vienna is torn to shreds by the stark reality of World War II in this sensuous story of the patriarch Enerde and his six haunted grandchildren. A Careless Feast is a reflection of the human heart--the light and the dark, the seeing and the blind, the good and the malevolent.
Ursula--The stunning, wild granddaughter Enerde dotes on; brilliant and passionate, she becomes entangled in an affair of the heart too forbidden to see the light of day.
Alexander--Scorning the intellectual values of his brothers and sister, he longs for the battlefield.
Paul and Günther--The twins who love each other mare than anyone else in their world--a love the rest of the world would condemn.
Boris--Obsessed with Freud and psychology, he is cold and analytical but cannot deny the bonds he has to his siblings--bonds of love and of blood.
Melchior--Devoted to his God, he prays for the sins of his grandfather . . . ad of his brothers and sister.
The six leave their Vienna mansion when their grandfather dies and go to Switzerland to attend school. There, the nightmare begins. They are hunted by a murderer whose greed and hatred will destroy them unless they can destroy the murderer first--for the sins of their fathers have returned to haunt them. Only a monumental sacrifice of love can save them. With consummate skill, Mara Rostov tells the story of this passionate, tragic family--a moving story of love, hate, greed, passion, and humanity.
