NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER

Xeno Atlas es un joven solitario que vive con su abuela desde que su madre falleció en el parto. Su padre, un despreocupado marinero, le hace sentirse culpable de la muerte de su esposa. Su abuela comienza un día a contarle historias de animales fantásticos y bestias, narraciones que se convierten en la obsesión de Xeno. Éste se embarca en la bú...

From “a writer of remarkable gifts,” “Borges with emotional weight, comes a tale that is at once a fantastical historical mystery, a haunting love story, and a glimpse into the uncanny—the quest for a long-lost book detailing the animals left off Noah’s Ark.Xeno Atlas grows up in the Bronx, his Sicilian grandmother’s strange stories of animal sp...

This richly-detailed historical novel from master storyteller Nicholas Christopher features an unforgettable hero: Nicolo Zen is all alone in 1700s Venice, save for his clarinet, which a mysterious magician had magicked, allowing its first player to perform expertly. Soon Nicolo is a famous virtuoso, wealthy beyond his dreams. But he can't stop ...