Hollow: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1619029405 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With unforgettable characters, wild imagery, and dark humor, Hollow explores the depths of doubt and hope, stretching past grief and into the space where we truly begin to heal.. Desperate to find a place where he can escape his past, Oliver chases after the most unlikely of miracles. It’s only when befriended by Lyle, a con artist with a passion for theories of Hollow Earth, that Oliver begins to reengage with the world. His life is upended; Oliver loses his wife, home, and faith. Oliver too becomes convinced that the inside of the planet might contain a different realm. Three years after his son’s death, Oliver lives in a shack without electricity and frequents the soup kitchen where he used to volunteer. When Oliver Bonds, a revered religious studies professor at the University of Texas, loses his toddler son and undergoes intense legal scrutiny over his involvement, grief engulfs him completely
"A brilliant and moving story about a father who loses everything" according to DS. A brilliant and moving story about a father who loses everything and tries to pull himself back from the brink. The theory of Hollow Earth put forth here was fascinating and fit really well into the story. A very original, compelling read!. "This is good" according to Francois Pointeau. I loved this book. At times, though, I had to put it down. Several times, actually. I had to shut it and put it aside for a few minutes. Then it would call to me, and even though it had just made me cry, and had dug right inside my own heart and exposed some of my own demons to me, I had to go back, pick it back up, and start reading again.(You can read my complete review of Hollow on my my blog, which you can find on my a. This is a beautiful, heartbreaking work Amy N. This is a beautiful, heartbreaking work. Humor and sorrow are woven tightly together this book will stay with me for quite a while.
Egerton has crafted a beautifully strange modern take on the 'Book of Job' populated with haunting and hilarious characters worthy of Vonnegut's best. I know I will." Charles Yu, How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe"In this expansive, funny, touching epicpart travelogue, part quest narrativeEgerton offers up a Texan love letter generous enough to include even the nutria." Amelia Gray, author of Gutshot. In his exile, Ollie has taken stock. Egerton has the gift of walking that fine line between hilarity and heart with grace. A grifter with a belief in 'hollow earth' conspiracy theories is the unlikel