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Boy on the Wire
Alastair Bruce
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
'He is a man who lied, who told a story, a wild, fanciful story, about the death of a child, a hard and unyielding story. It is that, he finds, that he hates most. The story that was told.'
In 1983 Paul Hyde, aged ten, dies falling from a ledge in the mountains of the Karoo. His older brother Peter, who falls at the same time, survives but loses all memory of the event. The youngest brother, John, is the only witness.
Many years later, John is living in London. He and his wife Rachel, who knows nothing of the tragedy of his past and nothing of his family, make plans to have children of their own. Their life together is disrupted when Peter arrives in London and claims his memory is returning. Pulled back in spite of himself, John returns to South Africa and the home he grew up in.
His return makes him question his recollection of the tragedy. Can we ever be certain of events that happened that far in the past, certain we have not completely changed their meaning and our part in them?
Rezensionen
This book has wiped the floor with me! Intense, powerful & deeply unsettling.
Wall of Days is a brilliant debut novel, in fact it is a brilliant novel altogether. The prose is understated and clear, and the narrative arc buries complex ideas of guilt and accountability within simple events
<p>Praise for WALL OF DAYS<br>'
An intelligent, perceptive and subtle exploration of important themes
Alastair Bruce's exceptional first novel has echoes of J. M. Coetzee'
A haunting examination of guilt.
An elegantly-sustained parable of tyranny, loss and memory
