Angel Falls - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

"What's important, especially in troubled times, is that we fashion a story, no matter how painful, that makes sense of our lives, a family testament that pushes back the darkness even a little and provides a guide for those who follow."

Benoni Van Buskierke needs to explain. After forty years of blocking out the details of his early life, a tragedy summons him back home to Angel Falls. There, finally shaken from his emotional exile, he realizes that he must face his greatest fear-that beyond the torment of his own past lay deeper and more terrible truths.

A would-be anthropologist, Ben begins to sift through the elements of his life-the myths and rituals, the symbols and mysteries that have shaped him, as well as his parents before him. For only in so doing will he at last be able to reconcile past and present, to piece together the puzzle of his haunted life.

Full of mystery, dark humour and unforgettable characters, Angel Falls represents an ambitious and accomplished debut from an exciting voice in Canadian fiction. Angel Falls won the 1998 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book, and was shortlisted for the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award.

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