EBOOK Trip to the Stars
Opis
A Novel
&';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 imagineuntil 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 Garca Mrquez; 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
&';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 imagineuntil 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 Garca Mrquez; 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