The Moon Pinnace

by Thomas Williams

Overview

A love story that takes on all the passion and pain of early adulthood. A great look at post–World War II America.


"...warm and brilliant novel." --Chicago Tribune

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938103926
Publisher:	Dzanc Books
Publication date:	08/23/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	340
File size:	939 KB

About the Author

Thomas Williams published eight novels and a collection of short stories over three decades beginning in 1955. In 1975 he won a National Book Award for The Hair of Harold Roux, which, like several of his works, was set in the fictionalized Leah, New Hampshire.  
Thomas Williams published eight novels and a collection of short stories over three decades beginning in 1955. In 1975 he won a National Book Award for The Hair of Harold Roux, which, like several of his works, was set in the fictionalized Leah, New Hampshire. 

Editorial Reviews

In the summer of 1948, John Hearne, a 21-year-old vet, has an an affair with high school senior Dory Perkins, his neighbor and childhood acquaintance. Before settling down, John wants to travel cross-country, ostensibly to visit California but actually to find his father, who left when John was a small boy. So John leaves New Hampshire to find his past; and Dory remains behind, working as the manager of a resort, to confront her future. The novel explores the characters in exhaustive detail, examining friendship, love, commitment, and responsibility in the process. Through minor characters and allusions to World War II atrocities and the postwar period, it looks at the social and spiritual impact of these issues. The novel is least convincing when it tries to be universal. Recommended with reservations. Michael J. Esposito, formerly with Special Libraries Assn., Washington, D.C.

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