Lost Son (Advanced Reading Copy/ARC)
Language: English
Published by Unbridled Books, 2007
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- Title
- Lost Son (Advanced Reading Copy/ARC)
- Author
- Cunningham, M. Allen
- Publisher
- Unbridled Books
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1932961348
- ISBN 13
- 9781932961348
- Edition
- First Edition.
Rilkes gripping emotional drama as child, lover, husband, father, protégé, misfit soldier, and wanderer is framed by a haunted young figure, a researcher who, a century later, feels compelled to trace Rilkes itinerant footsteps and those of Rilkes fictional alter ego, the bewitched poet Malte Laurids Brigge. The result is an exploration of the forever imperfect loyalties we face in work and life, the seemingly immeasurable distances that can separate life and art, and the generational tensions between masters and admirers.
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Review
Cunningham’s writing is beautiful and fluid. I found myself torn, lingering over passages and yet eager to rush on. The Oregonian
With beautifully expressive prose, M. Allen Cunningham is able not only to evoke the poet's angst, but also to get the reader to empathize with it....you'll want to savor every word. I found myself buying Cunningham's previous novel and starting to read Rilke's poems. Sue Asher, Historical Novels Review
Cunningham's effort is so sensitive and sad as befits a poet that it sent me to the obvious destination: a book of Rilke's poems. Ellen Heltzel, Good Housekeeping.com
Cunningham has taken risks, attempting to paint Rilke in the poet's own words and style, and he has succeeded in producing an offbeat and absorbing literary work. Recommended for larger fiction collections. Library Journal
Lost Son is . . . awe-inspiring in the depth of research Cunningham has done to produce the book and in the depth of understanding the novel reveals regarding Rilke’s life, his struggles, his loves, and his literary work.
Covering the years of Rilke’s life from 1875-1917, Lost Son covers a period of time when Europe was undergoing many dramatic and tumultuous changes. Entire countries were being devoured and rearranged. Art, literature, architecture, and poetry were being re-imagined and readied for the twentieth century and Cunningham has painted a rich portrait of those changing times. Steve Turnbull, Nougat Magazine
"The merits of the novel are many and they cast a spell. Cunningham's rigorous and thoughtful organization ensures that the spell never slides into slush." The Bloomsbury Review
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