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Gaff Topsails (1996)

de Patrick Kavanagh

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It is June 24, 1948?the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the Bringer of Light, is being commemorated with bonfires ignited on the headlands. Father MacMurrough, newly arrived and desperately lonely, reflects on a failed love affair. Michael Barron, a young mute, falls in love and is puzzled by the way that his life'like the tremendous iceberg he and his friends explore'is turning into a dangerous business. Mary, an adolescent dreamer, invokes the pagan superstitions of Midsummer's Day in the hopes of divining her future husband. Behind them looms the founding father of the village, an Irish castaway, the son of a monk, dead five hundred years. Even in the middle of the twentieth century, something of his spirit survives within every soul in the community.In the literary tradition of The Shipping News and The Bird Artist, this remarkable debut evokes a world suffused with images and presences of spirits and saints, the drowned and the saved.… (més)
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Gaff Topsails tells the story of a number of Newfoundlanders on June 24, 1948. As school ends for the summer, and the town gets ready for the annual St. John the Baptist celebration and bonfire, the author brings us into the hearts and minds of several characters: 16-year-old Mary who is looking a sign of who her future husband will be; the woman who watches for her husband who's away at sea, the priest, the crazy lighthouse keeper whose lies once saved his colleagues, young Kevin Barron and his mute brother Michael, and others. The book isn't linear, and there isn't a single plot. Each character has his or her own perspective, what's important to them varies. Through them, the author gives us a fascinating portrait of 1948 Newfoundland. Reading this book was like looking a picture where layers are added to bring depth and understanding to the events. I liked it a lot. ( )
  LynnB | Aug 24, 2012 |
An interesting book with some very pretty moments. Takes place on June 24th -- the feast of St. John the Baptist -- in 1948, which was the year before Newfoundland entered into the Confederation of Canada. The chapter titled "The Kingdom of God" contains an origin myth for Newfoundland that is worth the price of admission. ( )
  climbingtree | Apr 28, 2011 |
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It is June 24, 1948?the Feast of St. John the Baptist, the Bringer of Light, is being commemorated with bonfires ignited on the headlands. Father MacMurrough, newly arrived and desperately lonely, reflects on a failed love affair. Michael Barron, a young mute, falls in love and is puzzled by the way that his life'like the tremendous iceberg he and his friends explore'is turning into a dangerous business. Mary, an adolescent dreamer, invokes the pagan superstitions of Midsummer's Day in the hopes of divining her future husband. Behind them looms the founding father of the village, an Irish castaway, the son of a monk, dead five hundred years. Even in the middle of the twentieth century, something of his spirit survives within every soul in the community.In the literary tradition of The Shipping News and The Bird Artist, this remarkable debut evokes a world suffused with images and presences of spirits and saints, the drowned and the saved.

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