All rivers flow eventually to the sea. In the culminating volume of
SanFermin 3 long drowned strands of the saga rise at last to the
surface. Lives take new bearings. Gates open to unexpected avenues:
the worlds of politics, television and accidental media fame.
Prisoners are freed; children are born; the Camino continually
beckons. Time and change are more and more to be reckoned with. For
the bulls keep their same speed forever while each year the runners
lose a step. In a post cold war 21 st century world the stakes are
complicated. Many of the habituals find themselves directly engaged
in the fall out of both man made conflicts and natural calamities.
From the sunken wrecks of Bikini Atoll to the ruins of Belchite.
From the Towers to Katrina. Journeys and escapes from Iran to
Afghanistan. From abandoned ghost towns in the Inyo range to a boat
stranded on the immense Pacific. Revisiting old haunts to wind back
the clock. Rekindling old embers in order to alter the old outcomes
and perhaps come to different answers. Scanning the past to make
sense of the present, the narrative weaves and shuttles from the
early 50's to the late 60's and onwards to the challenges of a
remorselessly altering world. The threats of terrorism abroad and
at home. The speedily expanding web of the Internet, smart phones
and drone surveillance. Navigating through the multiplying and
unseen consequences. Trying to chart voyages into the future.
Clinging on. Letting go. Through it all, as the cuadrilla hold to
the lifeline of fiesta, San Fermin keeps the covenant. The wheel
still turns. The tales get told. As some leave the stage, new faces
appear. The dance goes on. Giants still waltz and bulls still run
in the streets as they did before the wondering eyes of a young
American writer all those years ago.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2013 |
First published: |
October 2013 |
Authors: |
Jesse Graham
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
498 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4928-2198-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4928-2198-5 |
Barcode: |
9781492821984 |
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