A Trip to the Stars

ISBN-13: 9780812984798 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 528 str.

Nicholas Christopher

Opis

A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment. The New York Times Book Review

At a Manhattan planetarium in 1965, ten-year-old Enzo is whisked away from his young adoptive aunt, Mala. His abductor turns out to be a blood relative: his great-uncle Junius Samax, a wealthy former gambler who lives in a converted Las Vegas hotel surrounded by a priceless art collection and a host of fascinating, idiosyncratic guests. In Samax s magical world, Enzo receives a unique education and pieces together the mystery of his mother s life and the complicated history of his adoption. Back in New York, Mala only knows that Enzo has disappeared. After a yearlong search proves fruitless, she enlists in the Navy Nursing Corps and on a hospital ship off Vietnam falls in love with a wounded B-52 navigator, who disappears on his next mission. Devastated again, Mala embarks on a restless, adventurous journey around the world, hoping to overcome the losses that have transformed her life.
Fusing imagination, scholarship, and suspense with remarkable narrative skill, Nicholas Christopher builds a story of tremendous scope, an epic tale of love and destiny, as he traces the intricate latticework of Mala s and Enzo s lives. Each remains separate from each other but tied in ways they cannot imagine until the final miraculous chapter of this extraordinary novel.

A writer of remarkable gifts. The Washington Post Book World
This labyrinthine novel . . . is animated by an encompassing lust for beauty. The New Yorker
Nicholas] Christopher is North America s Garcia Marquez; Borges with emotional weight. . . . This is one of those rare books that, by connecting the stars, catches you in its web. The Globe and Mail

Includes an excerpt of Nicholas Christopher sTiger Rag
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