A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9780593230176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 480 str.

John Boyne

Recenzje

Praise for The Heart s Invisible Furies

By turns whimsical and heartbreaking, Boyne s sprawling novel treads Dickensian territory across seven decades of Irish history, ending with a redemption for both a country and a native son. People

Bleak, bittersweet, and Irish to the bone . . . Explore[s] the relationship between Catholicism and patriarchy in midcentury Ireland and beyond. O: The Oprah Magazine

A picaresque, lolloping odyssey for the individual characters and for the nation that confines them . . . The book blazes with anger as it commemorates lives wrecked by social contempt and self loathing. . . . A substantial achievement. The Guardian

Praise for A Ladder to the Sky

A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . an homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne s own. The Washington Post

Boyne s mastery of perspective, last seen in The Heart s Invisible Furies, works beautifully here. . . . So dark it seems almost impossible to enjoy reading A Ladder to the Sky as much as you definitely will enjoy reading it. NPR

Delicious. Vanity Fair

A darkly funny novel that races like a beating heart. People

O autorze

John Boyne is the author of twelve novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. In his native Ireland, he has won three Irish Book Awards and been shortlisted on thirteen separate occasions. He has also won or been shortlisted for a host of international literary awards, including a Stonewall Honor Award and a Lambda Literary Award. A regular participant in international literary festivals, he has also been a member of the jury for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Costa Book Award, and in 2015 he chaired the jury for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His novels have been published in over fifty languages.