by Bruce Machart
Not my usual kind of story... horses and cowboys in Texas in the early 20th century, but I couldn't put it down. I was transported by the lyrical writing of the author and I really enjoyed the flawed characters.
Rather than repeat the much deserved accolades about how beautifully this book is crafted and written, I'll add that it seems to me that all the invoking of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy misses the heart of this story, which strikes me as deeply feminine and feminist. It's a traditionally mal...
Rather than repeat the much deserved accolades about how beautifully this book is crafted and written, I'll add that it seems to me that all the invoking of William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy misses the heart of this story, which strikes me as deeply feminine and feminist. It's a traditionally mal...
The Wake of Forgiveness“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.” Paul BoeseA fantastic debut novel, this begins in the late 1800's with the birth of Vaclav Skala fourth son, Karel, and the death of his loving wife Klara during childbirth. We then jump to 1910 where Vacl...
This book is so well written that the words leap from the page and make you an active participant in the story, rather than a voyeur. Every page makes you think more deeply about each of the characters. They almost invite themselves to be examined. The story begins in the late 1800's and continues o...
***I won this book as part of a Goodreads FirstReads Giveaway - review to follow after the book is received***
An appealing debut novel. With rich descriptive language and a cadence as deliberate and determined as the people of the story, The Wake of Forgiveness is an evocative generational saga of a Texas family at the turn of the twentieth century. A son remembering the ghost of a mother he never knew, a f...
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