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Gekoski, R. A.
Subjects
Social isolation -- Fiction.
Old age -- Fiction.
Older people -- Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
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Gekoski, R. A.
Social isolation -- Fiction.
Old age -- Fiction.
Older people -- Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
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Darke : a novel / Rick Gekoski.
by
Gekoski, R. A.
Canongate Books Ltd, 2017.
Call #:
FICTION
GEK
Subjects
Social isolation --
Fiction
.
Old age --
Fiction
.
Older people --
Fiction
.
Reminiscing in old age --
Fiction
.
Death --
Fiction
.
Families --
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781786892287 (hc.)
1786892286 (hc.)
Description:
299 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot. Meditating on what he has lost - the loves of his life, both dead and alive - he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light appear in his carefully managed darkness; he begins to emerge from his self-imposed exile, drawn by the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and grandson. Rich in ideas and feeling, Rick Gekoski's debut novel is provocative and timely. With scalding prose, ruthless intelligence and an unforgettably vivid protagonist, it faces some of the greatest, most uncomfortable questions about how we choose to live, and how to die."--From publisher.
Genre:
Literary
fiction
.
Psychological
fiction
.
First novel.
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