[ebooktalk] Re: ANOTHER GOOD BIG READ
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- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:32:10 +0100
That sounds like a really interesting read. I don't object to the odd bit or
even lengthy bit of mysticism and magic, if it fits in. I would really enjoy
reading this please, Ian.
June
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Subject: [ebooktalk] ANOTHER GOOD BIG READ
following on from my earlier thoughts, I also read either last year or the
year before a book called forever by Pete Hamill. Before I say more, here
is the synopsis.
This is the magical, epic tale of Cormac O'Connor, who arrives in New York
City from Ireland in 1741 and remains, well, forever. For Cormac has been
given the gift of immortality, but only on the condition that he never leave
the island of Manhattan. Through Cormac's eyes, we watch the city transform
from a burgeoning settlement on the tip of an untamed wilderness to the
romantic, gaslit world of Edith Wharton's time, and finally to the pulsing,
thriving metropolis of the present day. But this is also Cormac's story, as
he explores the mysteries of time and immortality, death and loss, sex and
love. Though his life is proof of enduring magic, the living of it takes
place in a world that can be gloriously, or terribly, real.
The book has mystical elements but is less mystical than that blurb makes it
sound. It also says a lot about New York City at different points in
history and the people real and fictional who inhabited it. I have the book
to post if anyone wants it.
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