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Ascension
Ascension
paperback
Published:
1 February, 2010
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Description
From the beloved, award-winning, bestselling author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, a beautiful, suspense-filled novel
As a young Romany boy in Transylvania in the early years of the twentieth century, Salvo Usari's mother and father are killed in a tragic fire. Forced to flee his village, leaving his brother and sister behind him, Salvo embarks on a lifetime's odyssey that takes him through the dark forests of his homeland, to the bustling streets of Budapest - where he learns the skills of a wire-walker - and eventually to the United States. There he is reunited with his family, finds fame, and eventually risks everything to perform one final - death-defying - high wire act, as he walks between the twin towers of the World Trade Center...
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781843547525 |
| ISBN10 | 184354752X |
| Number Of Pages | 288 |
| Item Weight | 270 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Atlantic Books |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main |
Media Reviews
One of the most suspenseful introductory chapters in Canadian literature. ... Once you're a handful of paragraphs into Ascension you're rapt; this is a book that comples attention, then holds it throughout.... His knack for a gripping story never falters. -- The Georgia Straight Galloway shows a rare flair for inhabiting minds at moments of exhilaration and peril.... His attention to detail lends an uncanny veracity to the skywalk passages and the book has loads of neat lore..... Ascension is a novel that has stuck in my mind, and I don't expect it to leave any time soon. -- The Gazette (Montreal) Steven Galloway negotiates a mesmerizing line.... Rising above all else soars the elegance of the storytelling. Galloway's balance on the narrative line is a pleasure to experience. -- Vancouver Sun This is an rengaging read. Each episode, like the high wire, is tautly strung be
Author's Bio
Steven Galloway was born in Vancouver in 1975. He is the author of three novels: Finnie Walsh, Ascension and the bestselling The Cellist of Sarajevo.