Format:
Book
Author:
Carlson, Ron.
Title:
Five skies / Ron Carlson.
Edition:
[1st Penguin Books ed.]
Publisher, Date:
New York : Penguin Books, 2008.
Description:
244 p. ; 20 cm.
Summary:
Three men, all emotionally damaged in different ways, come together at the edge of a remote chasm in Idaho. Their task is to construct a ramp from which a motorcyclist will launch herself, a la Evel Knievel. Two are naturally taciturn, and their personal pains make them almost mute. The third is a callow 19-year-old; all three are seeking a refuge from their anguish. The summer-long project of building the ramp, healing themselves, and helping the young man mature, is the subject of this fine and moving tale. Neither ranch foreman Darwin nor engineer and contractor Arthur Key is the kind of man who can articulate feelings, and young Ronnie Panelli simply doesn't yet understand his feelings. As a result, their dialogue often glances off what is really gnawing at them, and the effect is initially disconcerting but ultimately affecting.
Subjects:
Male friendship -- Fiction.
Idaho -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780143113461 (pbk.)
0143113461 (pbk.)
Other Number:
183266800
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
582213
Call Number:
PS3553.A733 F58 2008
Course Reserves:
0
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