Possessed by Shadows [electronic resource] : A Novel
Donigan Merritt2021
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Possessed by Shadows is the story of two climbers who spend a year traveling
from the rugged desert of Joshua Tree National Park to the Alps, the Himalayas,
and the High Tatra mountains of Czechoslovakia.
Philosophy professor Tom Valen narrates part of their story: the time he spent
climbing with his wife, Molly, as she fought cancer. He also explores the
journal she kept during the emotional period before her death, which occurred in
the weeks before the Velvet Revolution in late 1989.
Told in alternating voices as Tom relives that year, Molly's journal reveals
compulsions that he never suspected, her romantic life from adolescence into
adulthood, and a shocking revelation about Stefan, a fellow climber who had once
saved Tom's life. In the final scene of the novel, the three old friends climb
the highest mountain in the Tatras one last time, where they find a kind of
redemption in the face of impending death.
Possessed by Shadows is a tribute to selfless love and t...
Main title:
Possessed by Shadows [electronic resource] : A Novel / Donigan Merritt
Author:
Donigan Merritt, Author
Imprint:
United States : Other Press, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (256.0 pages, 738.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781635421422
Language:
English
BRN:
434575
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |