Description: "A Trip to the Stars" begins in Manhattan when ten-year-old Loren is kidnapped from his young adoptive aunt, Mala, and over the next 15 years travels to realms both real and imaginary. Fusing imagination, scholarship, and suspense with remarkable narrative skill, Christopher creates an epic tale of love and destiny.
Review Quotes: "A writer of remarkable gifts."--The Washington Post Book World
"This labyrinthine novel . . . is animated by an encompassing lust for beauty."--The New Yorker "A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment."--The New York Times Book Review "[Nicholas] Christopher is North America's García Márquez; Borges with emotional weight. . . . This is one of those rare books that, by connecting the stars, catches you in its web."--The Globe and Mail "Spellbinding . . . the ultimate treasure--the gift of a thoughtful story, told with intelligence and immeasurable heart."--The Denver Post "The intriguing confluence of fate and chance . . . bubble like champagne in Christopher's brilliantly labyrinthine novel."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Breathtaking . . . a dazzling epic . . . as lithe and pleasing as a bedtime fable."--Time Out New York