The Luminaries is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story
In the midst of World War II
Marked by memories of wartime scarcity
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the world heralded its return to France when the scroll was purchased for millions by Gérard Lhéritier
The Man Who Could Move Clouds Sports_Gift_Guide The Luminaries is at oncePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST From the bestselling author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree, comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir reclaiming her family's otherworldly legacy. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, VULTURE, PEOPLE, BOSTON GLOBE, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, & MORE Rojas Contreras reacquaints herself with her familys past, weaving their stories with personal narrative, unraveling legacies of violence, machismo and colonialism