Beginnings and Endings
The old man putting his earthly affairs in order as his faculties slowly fail him and his life becomes a confusing irritation; the married vicar mentally flagellating himself for the mortal sin he commits on the River Severn embankment, warming his neck in the chill of a spring evening: all the characters in John Blanchard`s stories are caught up in the labyrinth of the human psyche. For some, the journey is a dark one, with ego and alter-ego struggling for dominance; for others it`s a nostalgic trip, with disappointments and excitements relived as painfully now as ever; and for yet others it is a nightmare as synapses fail to function and control is lost. Sometimes bleak but always engaging, with its sparse prose and evocative language,...
Дата выхода: январь 2006
