The Remnants
The town of New Eden, peopled with hereditary oddities, has arrived at its last days. As two near-centenarian citizens prepare for their annual birthday tea, a third vows to interrupt the proceedings with a bold declaration. The Remnants cartwheels rambunctiously through the lives of...
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The town of New Eden, peopled with hereditary oddities, has arrived at its last days. As two near-centenarian citizens prepare for their annual birthday tea, a third vows to interrupt the proceedings with a bold declaration. The Remnants cartwheels rambunctiously through the lives of wood-splitters, garment-menders, and chervil farmers, while exposing an electrical undercurrent of secrets, taboos, and unfulfilled longings. With his signature wit and wordplay, Robert Hill delivers a bittersweet gut-buster of an elegy to the collective memory of a community.
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ISBN:
9781942436157 (1942436157)
Publish date: 2016-03-15
Publisher: Forest Avenue Press
Edition language: English
When I first starting reading it, I thought I was going to like it. It was very humorous and quirky. However, I soon began to tire of the story and stopped enjoying it. It isn’t what I expected at all from reading about it online before picking it up. I may just have been the wrong type of reader...
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