Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
Tim Wynveen made a stunning fiction debut with his critically acclaimed novel Angel Falls, winner of the 1998 Commonwealth Writer's Prize. Balloon, his eagerly anticipated second novel, establishes him as a major talent in North American fiction. A powerful novel that captures brilliantly the moral and emotional compass of our times, Balloon tells the story of Charles Parker Martingale, a successful man whose life, before his very eyes and despite his best intentions, comes apart. A partner in a profitable software firm, involved in a stable relationship, Parker is living a potent version of the baby-boomer dream. But all that is about to change. On the first anniversary of his mother's death, his father announces his intention to marry an old flame with whom, it turns out, he has another son, born a year before Parker. Before he realizes it, his world, both at home and at work, begins rapidly and inevitably to fall away. In the strange and remarkable tale of Parker and the unforgettable characters who come and go in his world, Tim Wynveen paints with humour and heartbreaking clarity a deeply affecting portrait of the way we live now, and the greater lives to which we all aspire. (1999)… (lisätietoja)
On the first anniversary of his mother's death, 40-something Parker finds out that his father has become engaged to an old flame, Olivia. And that his father and Olivia have a son Parker's age. As Parker struggles to accept and assimilate this new "family", his long-time girlfriend, Mersea, leaves him and his business partners sell the business out from under him. And if that's not enough, Parker finds himself inappropriately attracted to a young punk rocker named Laurel.
What we have here is a wonderful story about what we really want in our lives; what is important. I especially liked the way the author wrote about finding the epic moment of love, and about how we are all loved more than we can know.
The male characters were especially well drawn; some of the motivations of the female characters were a little harder to fathom. It didn't blow me away like Angel Falls did, but was a solid, enjoyable read. ( )
Tim Wynveen made a stunning fiction debut with his critically acclaimed novel Angel Falls, winner of the 1998 Commonwealth Writer's Prize. Balloon, his eagerly anticipated second novel, establishes him as a major talent in North American fiction. A powerful novel that captures brilliantly the moral and emotional compass of our times, Balloon tells the story of Charles Parker Martingale, a successful man whose life, before his very eyes and despite his best intentions, comes apart. A partner in a profitable software firm, involved in a stable relationship, Parker is living a potent version of the baby-boomer dream. But all that is about to change. On the first anniversary of his mother's death, his father announces his intention to marry an old flame with whom, it turns out, he has another son, born a year before Parker. Before he realizes it, his world, both at home and at work, begins rapidly and inevitably to fall away. In the strange and remarkable tale of Parker and the unforgettable characters who come and go in his world, Tim Wynveen paints with humour and heartbreaking clarity a deeply affecting portrait of the way we live now, and the greater lives to which we all aspire. (1999)
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What we have here is a wonderful story about what we really want in our lives; what is important. I especially liked the way the author wrote about finding the epic moment of love, and about how we are all loved more than we can know.
The male characters were especially well drawn; some of the motivations of the female characters were a little harder to fathom. It didn't blow me away like Angel Falls did, but was a solid, enjoyable read. (