Gentle stream of consciousness unravels a life.
This book, Solar Bones, is perfect for those who enjoy introspective and contemplative narratives. Through beautiful and continuous prose, Mike McCormack takes readers on a journey through the mind of Marcus Conway as he reflects on the construction and unraveling of various aspects of life - from bridges to marriages. The gentle stream of consciousness style unveils the depths of Marcus's thoughts and emotions, making this book a captivating and thought-provoking read.
ISBN: 9781786891273
Authors:
Mike McCormack
Publisher: Canongate
Date of Publication: 2017-05-04
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.81
(rated by 4254 readers)
Description
the Angelus bell ringing out over its villages and townlands, over the fields and hills and bogs in between,
six chimes of three across a minute and a half,
a summons struck
on the lip of the void Once a year, on All Souls’ Day, it is said in Ireland that the dead may return. Solar Bones is the story of one such visit. Marcus Conway, a middle-aged engineer, turns up one afternoon at his kitchen table and considers the events that took him away and then brought him home again.Funny and strange, McCormack’s ambitious and other-worldly novel plays with form and defies convention. This is profound new work is by one of Ireland’s most important contemporary novelists. A beautiful and haunting elegy, this story of order and chaos, love and loss captures how minor decisions ripple into waves and test our integrity every day.
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