The Existentialist

To live on the edge is to live existentially--without fear. In this work of magical realism, which spans almost half a century, we meet three young women who brave the elements of fate and fortune, passion and intrigue, living dangerously and with abandon on the highways and byways of the day. Sophia Pearl, a soldier, spy and teacher of philosophy, is at the center of the story, and we follow her life from the last days of Saigon to the Berlin during the Cold War and beyond. Nikki Froelich ...