Journey to the Gates of Wisdom
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This story begins with a family. A father, a mother, and two sons, one with the cruelty and belligerence of his father, the other with the artistry and gentleness of his mother. One son will leave. The other will remain. Gradually, more and more characters will join these four, whose actions will guide and determine the destinies of the two brothers. But this is only the beginning... The stories of the two brothers and everyone connected with them will stretch across two thousand years. In Palestine, in the year of Christ's birth, a grand journey begins—through eras, countries, cultures, and even the stars. The world changes, the landscapes, the clothing, the manner of speech change, but the people remain unchanged: they are still overwhelmed by passions, lost in love, obsessed with revenge, weak, strong, foolish, noble, cruel, compassionate... "The world that surrounds us may change, but our feelings remain unchanged," says Boyne's hero, trying to find the way to the gates behind which shines wisdom inaccessible to man. John Boyne's new novel is an epic parable that tells the story of humanity and the story of each of us. An original, unique, dramatic, and ironic book about human nature.
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