The afterlife of stars
By: Joseph Kertes
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780316308113
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Family secrets; Families; Fiction
Other titles: After life of stars
Description: "When Russian tanks roll into the public squares of Budapest to crush the Hungarian Revolution, brothers Robert and Attila Beck flee with their family to the Paris townhouse of their great-aunt Hermina. The year is 1956 and as their country changes forever, these two boys transform as well, confronting danger and wonders previously unknown. As they travel through minefields both real and imagined, Robert and Attila grapple with sibling rivalry, family secrets and incalculable loss. Along the way they encounter mysterious fellow travelers, bewildering sights of a nation in transition and surprising hilarity, all in pursuit of the one place they thought they'd lost forever: home"--