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Ascension : a Novel by Galloway, Steven is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The acclaimed author of Finnie Walsh turns from small-town hockey to the extraordinary intrigues of circus life during the heyday of the Big Top through the story of Salvo Ursari, undisputed master of the high wire. As the novel opens, it is the summer of 1976. Salvo is 66 years old and has decided he can never retire. Already famous thanks to his days in an American circus, he has made a living in recent times performing solo walks of extraordinary difficulty. And so he finds himself attempting to accomplish the most difficult feat of his career: to walk a wire strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, 1350 feet from the ground. Transylvania in 1919 is a place of poverty and persecution for the Rom people. Salvo follows his father to a village church, where the senior Ursari -- the only man who volunteers for the task -- is to climb the steeple to replace a large iron crucifix that had been removed for safe-keeping during the war. He restores the cross, but it is not properly attached and as they are leaving, it falls, killing a priest. When the villagers exact their revenge, Salvo’s parents are killed and he is separated from his brother and sister. Thus begins ne

Who reads Ascension : a Novel?

Author

Galloway, Steven

Publisher

Knopf Canada

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780676974607

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (86 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14