by John Boyne · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781784164188
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«A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom» is the historical and fantastical novel by John Boyne, published by Black Swan in paperback (464 pages, in English).
The story begins with a family: a father, a mother and two sons, one marked by the father's violence and the other by the mother's art. Their lives intertwine over two thousand years, from first-millennium Palestine to a future among the stars, meeting again in different times and places.
For readers of literary, historical and fantastical fiction who enjoy epic family stories and the passage of time.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
