Kevin Holowack is a writer from Edmonton who has his M. A. in English from the University of Alberta. He has lived in various places across Canada and Europe. His work has been published in Glass Buffalo and Lemon Hound/i>.
Light on a Part of the Field
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- FormatePub
- ISBN978-1-77439-015-3
- EAN9781774390153
- Date de parution30/04/2021
- Protection num.Digital Watermarking
- Taille676 Ko
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurNeWest Press
Résumé
In his evocative debut novel, Light on
a Part of the Field, Kevin Holowack introduces us to a family grappling
with artistic ambition, mental illness, and rifts that may not be possible to
mend. Set in BC and Alberta in the 1960s and 1970s, this is a novel of finely
observed vignettes offering a refracted look at art and family in the modern
West. A young artist, Ruth, and her obsessive husband, an
aspiring poet, are struck by lightning, an experience that throws their lives
into a universe of intense beauty and angst.
Years later, Ruth lives on a farm her husband bought before his mysterious disappearance, and she creates idyllic but naïve paintings to cope with her confusion and loss. Then, without warning, her eldest daughter Gayle is love-struck by a travelling stranger and runs off to Edmonton where she too must contend with poverty, sickness, and her father's upsetting legacy. Meanwhile, farm-bound Ruth becomes more frantic in her work and begins longing for human contact as her house and animals disintegrate around her.
As Gayle and Ruth seek new ways of connecting in order to remedy their unsettling family legacy, they begin a complicated process of renewal and must decide whether they can reconcile despite all the pain they have caused one another.
Years later, Ruth lives on a farm her husband bought before his mysterious disappearance, and she creates idyllic but naïve paintings to cope with her confusion and loss. Then, without warning, her eldest daughter Gayle is love-struck by a travelling stranger and runs off to Edmonton where she too must contend with poverty, sickness, and her father's upsetting legacy. Meanwhile, farm-bound Ruth becomes more frantic in her work and begins longing for human contact as her house and animals disintegrate around her.
As Gayle and Ruth seek new ways of connecting in order to remedy their unsettling family legacy, they begin a complicated process of renewal and must decide whether they can reconcile despite all the pain they have caused one another.