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Bezig met laden... Macleandoor Allan Donaldson
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Set after WWI and at the beginning of WWII in a small town in northern New Brunswick. MaClean is a vetran... although he survived (He was sent home with a 'weak heart and lungs' after some gassing) he has memories that still haunt him. He never had a family; he lives in a boarding house and uses his pension to drink. The plot of the book as written on the back cover is him earning some money to buy his elderly mother a birthday present. In reality this book includes a lot of flashbacks to his youth and some during the war... what went wrong, and wondering if things could have turned out differently. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In this novel set over the course of a day, an alcoholic, Canadian, World War I veteran attempts to find peace while shopping for a birthday present. Twenty-five years after the Great War, John Maclean is still struggling to carve out a meaningful existence in his small New Brunswick hometown. One late summer day he embarks on a seemingly prosaic search for a little money, a little booze, and a birthday gift for his mother. But he's haunted by memories--of war, of his cruel father, of opportunities wasted and lost--and each moment is shadowed by his bleak history. Shell-shocked and alcoholic, Maclean is divided between a lonely present and a violent past. With clean and evocative prose, author Allan Donaldson exquisitely depicts a shattered war veteran's search for peace. Praise for Maclean "Slim yet encompassing, tender yet merciless . . . This book merits a media flurry." --Globe and Mail (Canada) Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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