by Miklos Vamos · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349119311
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«The Book of Fathers» is the historical novel by Miklós Vámos, published by Little, Brown Book Group Limited in paperback (480 pages, in English).
In 1705, Kornel Csillag's grandfather finds a gold pocket watch on a battlefield. That discovery grants firstborn sons the gift of clairvoyance, and each generation records its visions in The Book of Fathers. The novel spans three hundred years of the Csillag saga, with plagues, wars and dictatorships, changes of faith and returns home.
The original Hungarian title is «Apák könyve» (2000); the English edition dates from 2007.
For readers of family sagas and historical fiction with a touch of magical realism, with Hungarian history as the backdrop.
Miklós Vámos originally Tibor Vámos, is a Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter, translator and talkshow host, who has published 33 books.
