A traveler at the gates of wisdom : a novel / John Boyne.
Material type:
TextPublisher: London ; New York : Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First U.S. editionDescription: xiii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593230152
- 0593230159
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Fiction | BOYNE, JOHN | Available | 33111009747060 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From the bestselling author of A Ladder to the Sky --"a darkly funny novel that races like a beating heart" ( People )--comes a new novel that plays out across all of human history: a story as precise as it is unlimited.
This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons, one with his father's violence in his blood, one with his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will determine their fate. It is a beginning.
Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years. They will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium and journeying across fifty countries to a life among the stars in the third, the world will change around them, but their destinies remain the same. It must play out as foretold.
From the award-winning author of The Heart's Invisible Furies comes A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom, an epic tale of humanity. The story of all of us, stretching across two millennia. Imaginative, unique, heartbreaking, this is John Boyne at his most creative and compelling.
"Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK company, in 2020"--Title page verso.
"This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One with his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will determine their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years. They will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium and journeying across fifty countries to a life amongst the stars in the third, the world will change around them, but their destinies remain the same. It must play out as foretold"-- Provided by publisher.