Gods Without Men
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In the desert, you see, there is everything and nothing . . . It is God without men.
—Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert, 1830
Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, echoing the stories of all those who have traveled before them.
Driven by the energy and cunning of Coyote, the mythic, shape-shifting trickster, Gods Without Men is full of big ideas, but centered on flesh-and-blood characters who converge at an odd, remote town in the shadow of a rock formation called the Pinnacles. Viscerally gripping and intellectually engaging, it is, above all, a heartfelt exploration of the search for pattern and meaning in a chaotic universe.
This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Customer Reviews
Some will love this book ... Others not so much
I enjoyed this book immensely. I found the interacting storylines to be well paced and carefully woven together into a coherent theme.
The author has created a cast of interesting and belivable characters whose lives intersect over several generations.
However, It is not a conventional narrative, and hence, many readers may find it confusing and diappointing.
That caveat aside, this is recommended for all readers who enjoy a bit of a challenge: they will be rewarded.