Walking Through Mirrors
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0671568949 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Jeremy was, she said, the most agreeable child. Now, in a novel that resonates with pure emotion, he sends photographer Jeremy Bishop back to Elsewhere, Louisiana, for the funeral that marks the end of his father's life -- and the true beginning of his own. He would have liked to tell her that, even while growing up, his hidden wants festered deep inside him. His mother died just hours after his birth, and he was raised by Mama B and his Aunt Jess after his father disappeared. Conjuring Jeremy's youth in flashbacks as textured as the denim patch on his grandmother's rocking chair, Jackson weaves together past and present in a novel at once astonishing and universally human.. In his breathtaking debut, The View From Here, Brian Keith Jackson took us inside the heart of black family life in the rural South. But it is a decade later, and Jeremy, now a successful New York photographer, gets a phone call from Louisiana. In the graveyard where his father's body will be laid to rest; in a stranger's appearance at the wake; in a suicide; a murder; and finally inside a cardboard box that had belonged to his father, Jeremy will find himself in w
Nevertheless, the novel succeeds in blending a bildungsroman with a saga of loss, resulting in a clever rumination on the difficult, inherent complexities of the father-son relationship. From Publishers Weekly Jackson follows his debut (The View from Here, 1997) with this story of a New York photographer who returns reluctantly to his Louisiana roots for his father's funeral. As moving as this journey is, Jeremy's emotions, portrayed with more vigor than subtlety, upstage everyone around him, reduce the impact of the other characters' conundrums and dilute the power of Jackson's work as a whole. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Author tour. Abandoned by his
"An Introspective Journey�" according to Mocha Girl. Walking Through Mirrors by Brian Keith Jackson is a heartwarming journey of self discovery for Jeremy Bishop, a successful photographer who returns home to Elsewhere, Louisiana to bury his estranged father. Jeremy, nicknamed Patience by his paternal grandmother, Mama B, revisits his past by raising questions to puzzling childhood memories such as his parent's relationship, his untimely birth, h. "An Introspective Journey�." according to Mocha Girl. Walking Through Mirrors by Brian Keith Jackson is a heartwarming journey of self discovery for Jeremy Bishop, a successful photographer who returns home to Elsewhere, Louisiana to bury his estranged father. Jeremy, nicknamed Patience by his paternal grandmother, Mama B, revisits his past by raising questions to puzzling childhood memories such as his parent's relationship, his untimely birth, h. O. Jones said Great Writer, Great Storyline, Okay Book. Brian Keith Jackson is an intriging writer. His writing is soft and invigorating at the same time. This book is a short story that follows a young man over a period of Great Writer, Great Storyline, Okay Book O. Jones Brian Keith Jackson is an intriging writer. His writing is soft and invigorating at the same time. This book is a short story that follows a young man over a period of 4 or 5 days -- as he travels to his home town to bury his father. Their relationship, the father and the son, is one of many relationships this book explores. The characters are rarely developed completely, on purpose, I think. S. or 5 days -- as he travels to his home town to bury his father. Their relationship, the father and the son, is one of many relationships this book explores. The characters are rarely developed completely, on purpose, I think. S