The Book Of Fathers
The Book Of Fathers
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* An epic tour de force about ten generations of one family in war-torn Hungary
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The Book Of Fathers by Miklos Vamos
In 1705 Kornel Csillag's grandfather happens across a miraculous gold fob-watch gleaming in the mud of an ancient Magyar battlefield, which is to improve dramatically his family's shipwrecked fortunes - for the timepiece bestows an unexpected gift on succeeding generations of male Csillags: the gift of seeing. And each clairvoyant first-born son in turn passes down the Book of Fathers, a battered folio in which the family records its astonishing and revelatory visions and which takes in three hundred years of Csillag history, bearing vivid witness to holocaust and wedding feast alike. Headlong, exuberant, riotous and packed tight with stories, jokes and tragedy, THE BOOK OF FATHERS is an irresistibly rich Central European feast of a book - parable, folk-tale and epic all rolled into one - that is set to become a European classic.
** 'A superb family saga that draws the reader effortlessly through nearly three centuries of turbulent history.. The characters are fascinating and Vamos's writing is a magnificent, seamless blend of the general and the personal * THE TIMES *
** 'A warm, humorous, courageous story ... a wonderful reading experience. Highly recommended, especially for lovers of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude * HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW *
** 'Intricately structured and enigmatically imaginative . . . The book is shot through with ideas about music, nationality, astrology, Judaism, and a troublesome relationship with time. Massive in scale but intimate in tone, the novel oscillates between a kind of ornate folk-tale roughness and a lighter yet more sombre beauty * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
** 'A warm, humorous, courageous story ... a wonderful reading experience. Highly recommended, especially for lovers of Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude * HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW *
** 'Intricately structured and enigmatically imaginative . . . The book is shot through with ideas about music, nationality, astrology, Judaism, and a troublesome relationship with time. Massive in scale but intimate in tone, the novel oscillates between a kind of ornate folk-tale roughness and a lighter yet more sombre beauty * DAILY TELEGRAPH *
Miklos Vamos is a cosmopolitan Hungarian-American who has taught at Yale University. He divides his time between Hungary and the States.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780349119311 |
| ISBN 10 | 0349119317 |
| Title | The Book Of Fathers |
| Author | Miklos Vamos |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2007-01-18 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |