Going Home Again, Dennis Bock
Going Home Again, Dennis Bock
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Going Home Again

Author: Dennis Bock

Narrator: Graham Rowat

Unabridged: 7 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/11/2014

Synopsis

***Shortlisted for 2013 Giller Prize*** After two acclaimed historical novels, one of Canada' s most celebrated young writers now gives us the vibrant, contemporary story of a man studying the suddenly confusing shape his life has taken, and why, and what his responsibilities-- as a husband, a father, a brother, and an uncle-- truly are. Charlie Bellerose leads a seminomadic existence, traveling widely to manage the language academies he has established in different countries. After separating, somewhat amicably, from his wife, he moves from Madrid back to his native Canada to set up a new school, and for the first time he forges a meaningful relationship with his brother, who' s going through a vicious divorce. Charlie' s able to make a fresh start in Toronto but longs for his twelve-year-old daughter, whom he sees only via Skype and the occasional overseas visit. After a chance encounter with a girlfriend from his university days, a woman now happily married and with children of her own, he works through a series of memories-including a particularly painful one they share-as he reflects on questions of family, home, fatherhood, and love. But two tragic events (one long past, the other very much in the present) finally threaten to destroy everything he's ever believed in.

About Dennis Bock

DENNIS BOCK’s book of stories, Olympia, won the CAA Jubilee Award, the Danuta Gleed Literary Award and the Betty Trask Award. His novels include The Communist’s Daughter and The Ash Garden, a #1 bestseller, a winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Award and a finalist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Kiriyama Prize and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. His most recent novel, Going Home Again, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Dennis Bock lives in Toronto.  

Reviews

Goodreads review by Greg on October 26, 2013

Almost 300 pages to say "gosh, choices are HARD!" Selfish, rich, entitled characters in a solipsistic universe, fumbling around in their ennui. Other than some well crafted phrases, could someone tell me why I should care?......more

Goodreads review by John on September 09, 2013

A lot of possibilities in this book to start and the writing is very good, but the threads don't lead anywhere. The protagonist is kind of a schmuck but not a compelling one. The reasons for Charlie's marital malaise let alone its eventual resolution are never satisfactorily explained and this patte......more

Goodreads review by Kyle on February 11, 2014

I didn't find this novel particularly compelling or eloquent. I felt that this novel had a much more masculine tone to it than the author's previous works, and I felt blocked by that tone as a reader; I just couldn't relate to the "maleness" of these characters. Entitled, wealthy, bored men. Left me......more

Goodreads review by Christina on June 19, 2017

Full disclosure: I know the author of this book as he taught a class in creative writing I took several years ago. I thought this novel was very interesting as it deals with what it is like to be a father today from a man's point of view, in this case a father separated from his beloved daughter and......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on October 20, 2013

"I sat in a lounge chair overlooking the Catalan hills and discovered Herman Hesse, whose writing reminded me of the torment of my own soul. He understood. I could practically feel his hand reaching up through the page. If someone else could know and write so well about what I was feeling, I wasn't......more

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