The afterlife of stars / / Joseph Kertes
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| Autore: |
Kertes Joseph <1951->
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| Titolo: |
The afterlife of stars / / Joseph Kertes
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Little, Brown and Company, , [2017] |
| ©2017 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (166 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 813.54 |
| Soggetto topico: | Families |
| Classificazione: | FIC045000FIC046000FIC019000 |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- One -- Two -- Three -- Four -- Five -- Six -- Seven -- Eight -- Nine -- Ten -- Eleven -- Twelve -- Thirteen -- Fourteen -- Fifteen -- Sixteen -- Seventeen -- Eighteen -- Nineteen -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Also by Joseph Kertes. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | ""The Afterlife of Stars moved me more than any other novel I've read in recent memory." --Tim O'Brien When Russian tanks roll into the public squares of Budapest to crush the Hungarian Revolution, brothers Robert and Attila Beck flee with their family to the Paris townhouse of their great-aunt Hermina. The year is 1956 and as their country changes forever, these two boys transform as well, confronting danger and wonders previously unknown. As they travel through minefields both real and imagined, Robert and Attila grapple with sibling rivalry, family secrets and incalculable loss. Along the way they encounter mysterious fellow travelers, bewildering sights of a nation in transition and surprising hilarity, all in pursuit of the one place they thought they'd lost forever: home. Elegant, tender and deeply funny, Joseph Kertes has crafted a journey filled with adventure and heartbreak. A meditation on both family and displacement, THE AFTERLIFE OF STARS is a tale of perseverance, faith and the unbreakable bond of brotherhood"-- |
| "When Russian tanks roll into the public squares of Budapest to crush the Hungarian Revolution, brothers Robert and Attila Beck flee with their family to the Paris townhouse of their great-aunt Hermina. The year is 1956 and as their country changes forever, these two boys transform as well, confronting danger and wonders previously unknown. As they travel through minefields both real and imagined, Robert and Attila grapple with sibling rivalry, family secrets and incalculable loss. Along the way they encounter mysterious fellow travelers, bewildering sights of a nation in transition and surprising hilarity, all in pursuit of the one place they thought they'd lost forever: home"-- | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The afterlife of stars |
| ISBN: | 0-316-30813-7 |
| 0-316-26960-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910160338503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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