Darke /
Gekoski, R. A.,
Darke / Darke : a novel. Rick Gekoski. - Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd., 2017. - 299 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
9781782119371 9781782119364
Father and child--Fiction.
Old age--Fiction.
Older men--Conduct of life--Fiction.
Older people--Families--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Grandparent and child--Fiction.
Social isolation--Ficiton.
Families--Fiction.
Old age--Conduct of life--Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Social isolation--Fiction.
Fiction.
PS3607.E385 / D37 2017
813.6
Darke / Darke : a novel. Rick Gekoski. - Edinburgh : Canongate Books Ltd., 2017. - 299 pages ; 24 cm.
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.
9781782119371 9781782119364
Father and child--Fiction.
Old age--Fiction.
Older men--Conduct of life--Fiction.
Older people--Families--Fiction.
Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Grandparent and child--Fiction.
Social isolation--Ficiton.
Families--Fiction.
Old age--Conduct of life--Fiction.
Reminiscing in old age--Fiction.
Death--Fiction.
Social isolation--Fiction.
Fiction.
PS3607.E385 / D37 2017
813.6
