Cursive - Couverture rigide

Wyndham Baker, Alex

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 190812220X ISBN 13 : 9781908122209

Editeur : Cutting Edge Press, 2012

Synopsis

Long Description In 1933, Ralph leaves England for a new life on the island of Lamu, a journey forced upon him by his fiancee's father. In a series of letters, he writes to Lilian using her parting gift - a Mabie Todd, Blackbird No 8 ink pen with a heart shaped reservoir. Despite getting no replies Ralph describes the journey, his fellow passengers and upon arrival, his colleagues and other ex-pats. In time, Ralph comes to the conclusion that any feelings he had for his lover were delusional. He makes the life-changing decision not to return to the land of his birth and sends the pen back to a still-silent Lilian. As their story unfolds and reaches the final and permanent severing of ties, Baker spreads more modern tales of lost love and broken friendships in increasingly exotic locations between his hero's missives. The common factor throughout is the pen passed by Lilian to her grand-daughter whose father was the product of a moment of passion snatched before Ralph left the cold shores of England. The tightness of these vignettes is masterful and the twist in the tale is at once moving and deeply satisfying.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Alex Wyndham Baker has been pin-balling around the planet for the last twenty years or so working variously as a barman in LA, TV reporter in Bangkok, magazine editor in Hong Kong, copywriter in Nairobi, mojito vendor in Barcelona, hotel inspector in India and English teacher in the Galapagos. He started writing Cursiveafter a climbing accident in Kenya incapacitated him for a year and currently lives in England with his fiancée and a limp. The pen exists and has, for Alex, certain talismanic properties.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1933, Ralph leaves England for a year in East Africa, a test of character forced upon him by his fiancee's father. We follow his adventures through his letters to Lillian, written with her parting gift - a Mabie Todd Blackbird ink pen - as he takes up his position with The Company. Between these letters Wyndham Baker weaves full-throttle contemporary vignettes following the pen's legacy of lost love 60 years later, culminating in an ending both deeply moving and satisfying.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cutting Edge Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 190812220X
• ISBN 13: 9781908122209
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible