Crow Lake
14.99 €
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Crow Lake
14.99 €
"Raven Lake" - of those rare literary finds that take captive immediately and irrevocably, quietly, imperceptibly, but surely. The book is so emotionally rich and at the same time calm that from the very first pages it becomes clear that only a very talented author can write such a book. Unhurried, but full of great tension, the story unfolds in the "barren lands" of Northern Ontario, where people's hardships seem to be reflected in the harsh landscape. The Morrison family is different from the surrounding farmers - since the time of their great-grandmother they have been striving for a serious education, and now young Luke and Matt, graduating from high school, seem to be the first in the family to receive it. But a fateful incident turns their lives upside down... Kate Morrison has been watching what happens in her native village since childhood, the strange stories that happen in the family of neighbors, whose life is an endless Greek tragedy, she tries to make sense of a series of either dramas or ordinary events. Her account of her childhood, her youth, her brothers, her neighbors, and herself draws you in like a maelstrom in a deep lake. "Crow Lake" is the story of growing up four children living in Bear Corner, a poetic elegy that celebrates the understated beauty of the northern region, and a profound psychological novel. Without plot special effects, the book tries to answer the questions of what is stronger - circumstances or character, psychological trauma or the desire to live.
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