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A Trip to the Stars - by Nicholas Christopher (Paperback)
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Highlights
- "A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment.
- About the Author: Nicholas Christopher is the author of six novels--The Soloist, Veronica, A Trip to the Stars, Franklin Flyer, The Bestiary, and Tiger Rag--eight collections of poetry, and a nonfiction book, Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City.
- 528 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
"A Trip to the Stars" begins in Manhattan when ten-year-old Loren is kidnapped from his young adoptive aunt, Mala, and over the next 15 years travels to realms both real and imaginary. Fusing imagination, scholarship, and suspense with remarkable narrative skill, Christopher creates an epic tale of love and destiny.Book Synopsis
"A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment."--The New York Times Book ReviewAt 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 García Márquez; 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's Tiger Rag
Review Quotes
"A writer of remarkable gifts."--The Washington Post Book World "This labyrinthine novel . . . is animated by an encompassing lust for beauty."--The New Yorker "A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment."--The New York Times Book Review "[Nicholas] Christopher is North America's García Márquez; 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 "Spellbinding . . . the ultimate treasure--the gift of a thoughtful story, told with intelligence and immeasurable heart."--The Denver Post "The intriguing confluence of fate and chance . . . bubble like champagne in Christopher's brilliantly labyrinthine novel."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Breathtaking . . . a dazzling epic . . . as lithe and pleasing as a bedtime fable."--Time Out New York
About the Author
Nicholas Christopher is the author of six novels--The Soloist, Veronica, A Trip to the Stars, Franklin Flyer, The Bestiary, and Tiger Rag--eight collections of poetry, and a nonfiction book, Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City. He lives in New York City.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.2 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 528
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Nicholas Christopher
Language: English
Street Date: January 15, 2013
TCIN: 94428614
UPC: 9780812984798
Item Number (DPCI): 247-28-1322
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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