The Great Inland Sea
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.33 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596921803 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 247 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Narrator Day has fled a New South Wales childhood marked by his father's erratic responses to his mother's deteriorating mental health. Francis's jittery, cinematic narrative jumps episodically between places and times, but he effectively uses macabre imagery to capture the essence of the flawed, ambiguous relationship, and makes excellent contrasts between the Australian and American settings. Francis's mix of vivid imagery and fluid emotion shows real promise. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. A charged trip together back to Australia closes the novel. (Now a Los Angeles lawyer, Francis grew up in Australian horse country.) The equestrian material is solid, if underdeveloped. Agent, Nicole Aragi. B
"A Debut Worth Noting." according to Brett Benner. David Francis has written a stark, beautifully textured novel reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy. His understated and minimilist prose masterfully conveys his characters emotions with grace and humanity. A simple, haunting story of loss, love, and family.. Jana L.Perskie said A Haunting, Darkly Gothic Tale - Beautifully Written.. David Francis' stark, beautifully crafted debut novel, "The Great Inland Sea," takes its title from a vast desert-like area in Australia's New South Wales. This harsh, dry land was once, (hundreds of millions of years ago), a Great Inland Sea, where shells and fossilized sea creatures can still be found. Over the course of the narrative the reader discovers what our protagonist eventually lear. "potential not met due to flat tone and pace" according to B. Capossere. The Great Inland Sea has a strong story in it--a slow coming of age and awareness, a stark childhood setting, a fiery (literally) dream girl, a dead mother who haunts the main characters thoughts and a living father who does the same, a return "home" to see if it can indeed become that. But the novel never met its promise I thought, especially after its strong beginning when 12-yr-old Darwin o
When he rode up Muddy Gates Lane, away from there, he didn't know that he was leaving, but he was sure he wasn't coming back. Day watched his father drop her body into the red earth wrapped in a feed sack. On the Eastern Shore of Maryland he meets Callie, who wants to be the world's first woman jockey. No doctor was called. He was only twelve. There is no doubt in her eyes, she knows about things that Day has never seen. An exquisitely crafted and poignant story that reveals David Francis as a writer with an extraordinary gift for language.. Day's mother died with her eyes wide open in 1947, near Maude, New South Wales. Day's journey took him to America, traveling as groom for a horse called Unusual. He is stranded by a love for Callie that takes him back to the harshness of his childhood in Australia, to the dark secrets of his family