The Goldhawk Variations: Rites of Passage - Softcover

Pearce, Brian Louis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900152339 ISBN 13: 9781900152334

Publisher: Stride Publications, 1999

Synopsis

Imagination has the last word in this novel which wrestles with the darkness we all face sometimes. In trying to come to terms with a friend's illness and death the narrator resorts to a variety of expedients: He rehearses the sequence of events; he turns his back on it. He takes refuge in indulgent fantasy and wistful invention, and draws comfort from human affection. He seeks relief and meaning in faith, nihilism, myth, nostalgia and the ordered patterns of art and music. He meditates on time, meaning and the value of memory.

As in the same author's London Clay and The Tufnell Triptych, which shares its West London setting, everyday life is stripped away so that we can see the apttern and continuity which underpins our world. With its interweaving stories, and recurring themes and motifs, The Goldhawk Variations becomes a celebration of London and of the creativity engendered by friendship and love.

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Immensely moving... -- Poetry Quarterly Review

It is an intimate document of life and thought that is wholly authentic and perfectly crafted. -- Acumen

Pearce gently explores issues of life, death, creativity and identity through the doubts, fears and perceptions of his insecure protagonist. -- The Cut

This is a cathedral of a book... A challenge – and a marvel. I am left breathless. -- Iota magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Stride Publications
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1900152339
• ISBN 13: 9781900152334
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 223