Tinkers
Roman
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Ein Roman voll poetischer Kraft und Zärtlichkeit
Der Uhrmacher George Washington Crosby liegt, umgeben von seiner Familie, in seinem Haus in dem Städtchen Enon im Sterben. Paul Hardings Roman begleitet ihn durch seine letzten Tage, reist aber auch zurück durch die Zeit und spürt den Erinnerungen nach, beschwört die Landschaft von Maine herauf, Georges ärmliche Kindheit, das Leben seines Vaters Howard, der noch als "Tinker", als Kesselflicker und fahrender Händler, mit dem Maultierkarren über Land zog.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Harding's outstanding debut unfurls the history and final thoughts of a dying grandfather surrounded by his family in his New England home. George Washington Crosby repairs clocks for a living and on his deathbed revisits his turbulent childhood as the oldest son of an epileptic smalltime traveling salesman. The descriptions of the father's epilepsy and the "cold halo of chemical electricity that encircled him immediately before he was struck by a full seizure" are stunning, and the household's sadness permeates the narrative as George returns to more melancholy scenes. The real star is Harding's language, which dazzles whether he's describing the workings of clocks, sensory images of nature, the many engaging side characters who populate the book, or even a short passage on how to build a bird nest. This is an especially gorgeous example of novelistic craftsmanship.
