Jay Basu
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The Stars Can Wait: A Novel
Jay Basu
In this powerful debut set in 1940s German-occupied Poland, a young Catholic boy unearths the secrets of his brother’s mysterious life.
Fifteen-year-old Gracian Sofka is a stargazer. Every night for the past year he has broken curfew to view the constellations from a clearing in the forest-that is, until his older brother, Pawel, discovers his secret pastime. And now that the German troops have stepped up patrols of the area, the gruff, mysterious Pawel forbids his brother to continue his risky activity.
Life in the previously quiet village of Malenkowice…
