In the Half Light
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With quiet optimism and a haunting poignancy, the award-winning poet Anthony Lawrence's first novel explores the strange, sometimes marvelous, and entirely disorienting world of James Molloy. For however unexceptional James--an average student, a dutiful son--may appear to outsiders, he knows that he is different. He has visions, and in their eerie halflight two realities--the one that he lives in and the one that lives in him--collide, intermingle, coalesce. Sometimes out of the vibrant confusion inside his head come voices that glide from his mind into his mouth. Vision finds a language of its own. Alone, isolated by his difference, James faces a future without close companionship until the day that he meets Stephanie Riley, a sympathetic guide who leads him to unexpected truths, and then disappears. Driven to learn what lies at the center of his curious universe, James begins a heartrending journey that takes him from a tragic romantic interlude in rural Australia to the west coast of Ireland. There, even as he enters the emotionally turbulent world of Sarah Carmichael, a talented, hard-drinking fiddle player, James emerges into the clarity of self-awareness. And discovers at last the possibilities that lie in friendship, art, love, tomorrow.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0786709995
ISBN13:9780786709991
Release Date:May 2002
Publisher:Carroll & Graf Publishers
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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A Wonderful Tale
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
That Anthony lawrence is an acclaimed poet is obvious as soon as this saga begins. The manner in which he has woven and threaded words to create this soul wrenching story is more than captivating, it is an artistry! I couldn't put In The Half Light down once I began reading. It is truly one of the best novels I've ever read. It will take you on a journey that will remain with you always.
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