Be Near Me
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0156033968 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He befriends two local teenagers who live in a world he barely understands. But their friendship also ignites the suspicions and smoldering hatred of a town that resents strangers, and brings Father David to a reckoning with the gathered tensions of past and present. . "It’s the people you know who let you down." Half a life later, David is Father Anderton, a Catholic priest with a small parish in Scotland. "Always trust a stranger," said David’s mother when he returned from Rome. Their company stirs memories of earlier happiness—his days at a Catholic school in Yorkshire, the student revolt in 1960s Oxford, and a choice he once made in the orange groves of Rome
"Beautiful, sad, and wise" according to moviegoer. I am taking my time only because the other reviewer (there is only one so far), was so far off the mark, in givingthe book only three (or Beautiful, sad, and wise I am taking my time only because the other reviewer (there is only one so far), was so far off the mark, in givingthe book only three (or 3.5, as she claims in her review), that I want to remedy her review. This is a terrificbook. The writing is beautiful--not lah-dee-dah beautiful, but strong and thou. .5, as she claims in her review), that I want to remedy her review. This is a terrificbook. The writing is beautiful--not lah-dee-dah beautiful, but strong and thou. "surprised by the wonder of this novel" according to Julie Balamut. This novel was recommended highly in Commonweal and I wasn't disappointed. O'Hagen very carefully and successfully gets into the psyche of a very lonely Catholic priest in a hostile environment who doesn't have much insight into himself and subsequently finds himself in trouble. The front piece quotes . Jon Hunt said Deeply moving. Andrew O'Hagan's "Be Near Me" is a work of indescribable beauty. From the opening dialogue that David Anderton (Father David) has with his mother to the final pages, a wistful thirty years later, O'Hagan elicits some of the finest characterizations and dialogue I have read.This is a story about distanc
. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. This burnished gem of a novel has drama, emotional resonance and intellectual power enough to recall one's favorite 19th century writers. Throughout, O'Hagan (The Missing) enchants with his effortless prose, vivid characters and David's uncanny asides, making O'Hagan's fourth novel a heartrending tour de force. His Dalgarnock parishioners are suspicious of his education; his only companions are his sardonic but morally stringent housekeeper, Mrs.