Book Description
This picaresque novel is interspersed with a multitude of characters whose philosophical, political, and religious opinions influence David greatly in his search. It is rich with the fascination of adventure in countries not easily accessible anymore to Westerners, vibrant with its diversity of characters, and graphic in its descriptions of poverty, death, and disease. "Looking for the Summer" is a remarkable adventure story of a man about to lose his youth and find his true self in ancient lands.
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"I loved it. It's quite a saga, but in a lot of ways it's more than fiction. At times, it seems like a work of philosophy, other times politics....The influence of Kerouac is apparent."--Raymond Mungo, author of "Famous Long Ago" and "Return to Sender"
"I really enjoyed it and much of it hit home with me....The part about David Thompson remembering his boyhood was one of the most touching reminiscences about youth that I have ever read."--Alexander Paul, author of "Suicide Wall"
"Oh, that crazy sixties war dispatched us all--an entire generation. Doesn't matter if you fought the war or opposed it. If you came of age at that time, you've been paying for and running from it ever since. 'Looking for the Summer,' a meditation on why we continue to seek and question all these many years later. All of us wander, looking. Robert Norris, a veteran of the war against the war, does not walk alone."--Gerald R. Gioglio, author of "Days of Decision: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in the Military During the Vietnam War" --Ce texte fait référence à une édition épuisée ou non disponible de ce titre.
