This story begins with a family. A father, a mother, and two sons, one with the cruelty and belligerence of the father in his blood, the other with the artistry and gentleness of the mother. One son will leave. The other will stay. Gradually, these four will be joined by more and more characters, whose actions will guide and determine the fates of the two brothers. But this is only the beginning... The story of the two brothers and all those connected to them will stretch over two thousand years. In Palestine, in the year of the Birth of Christ, a grand journey begins — across eras, countries, cultures, and even stars. The world changes, landscapes change, clothing changes, manner of speaking changes, but only people do not change, they are still consumed by passions, lose their heads over love, are obsessed with revenge, they are weak, strong, foolish, noble, cruel, compassionate... 'The world around us may change, but our feelings remain unchanged,' will say the hero of Boyne, trying to find the way to the gates behind which shines the wisdom unattainable for people.
The new novel by John Boyne is an epic parable that tells the story of humanity and the story of each of us. An original, unlike anything else, dramatic, ironic book about human nature.
