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“William Hootkins reads with commendable dignity… moving and uplifting.”
Sue Gaisford, Independent on Sunday, 9/5/99
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A triumphant return by the author of Snow Falling on Cedars, as an attempted suicide becomes a life-enhancing diversion.
Following the death of his wife Rachel and diagnosis of his own medical condition, Dr Ben Givens left his home in Seattle – heading east with his Winchester and hunting dogs in tow – not intending to return. It was to be a journey to the verges of the Columbia River, where he had entered the world and had decided he would now take his leave of it. What transpired was anything but the journey he anticipated.
Instead, Ben’s perspective shifts as his intended exit transforms into an eye-opening, life-enhancing diversion, as David Guterson’s celebrated and involving prose unravels the mysteries and reveals the power of the human spirit even as it ebbs, in this moving and action-filled drama set against an unforgettable landscape.
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A man and a two dogs, few spoken words, open country and raw nature make this journey of a lifetime a compelling tale. Although it's no western, East of the Mountains involves a collision of civilisation and the old ways. The main character has spent his life as a thorassic surgeon, in situations where he tries to control life and cheat death. On what he sets out to make his final journey, he discovers that he can't seriously do either of these things.
It's a classically structured circular journey, which is in its way fulfilling. If anything, the anti-climax of the last page leaves you wanting just one more chapter.
East of the Mountains won't take you long to read, it takes a while to fade into the background.
The author has an extraordinary ability to evoke place. Seeking a warmer, dryer place than Seattle, the main character finds meaning to his life at the very time he plans to let go of living. Though one might question the conclusion due to the author's relative youth, from the point of view of someone past 65 years of age, I find his handling of the material quite mature and positive. Worth the reading, and his use of words and images are a delight!
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