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Jan 1, 2002 · Jay Basu. 3.16. 99ratings16reviews. 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.
In prose that is hauntingly spare and beautiful, Basu’s fable-like story, set in 1940s German-occupied Poland, is a tale both of loss of childhood innocence and...
We are honoured to have writer and Cambridge alumnus, Jay Basu, speak. Jay started out as a novelist, before becoming a screenwriter. His first film, 'Song O...
Jay Basu is the author of The Stars Can Wait (3.16 avg rating, 99 ratings, 16 reviews, published 2002), PAPERBOATS VOLUME 1 (0.0 avg rating, 0 ratings, 0...
Feb 1, 2003 · "The Stars Can Wait" by Jay Basu, Henry Holt and Company, New York 2002. Jay Basu has written an impressive first novel dealing with a young boy, Gracian Solka, coming of age in German occupied Silesia, 1939-1940.
Jay Basu. The Stars Can Wait. Select a format: Paperback Ebook. Retailers: Amazon Blackwells Bookshop.org Foyles Hive Waterstones WHSmith. Summary. It is the autumn of 1940, one year into the German occupation of Poland. In a small mining village in Upper Silesia, Gracian Sofka is fifteen years old.
But while he succeeds in unlocking Pawel's secrets, Gracian is blind to the inevitable tragedy hurtling toward them all-and to his unwitting role as its catalyst. Haunting and lyrical, Jay Basu's...
