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A Trip to the Stars - A Novel (Paperback)
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A Trip to the Stars - A Novel (Paperback)
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List price R463
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"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
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Includes an excerpt of Nicholas Christopher's "Tiger Rag"
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