Description
In this complex novel, a gay man who has fled the violence of the city for an island retreat spends his time keeping a journal and writing stories. He invents a female alter-ego who haunts him, as does the ghost of the murderer who occupied his house in the 19th century; ultimately these hauntings are manifestations of his own psychic disintegration. Considered by many to be Dowell's finest achievement, Island People conveys the fragmentation that results from prolonged isolation.
Author: Coleman Dowell
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 06/01/1996
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.53w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781564780935
ISBN10: 1564780937
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
Author: Coleman Dowell
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 06/01/1996
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.53w x 0.94d
ISBN13: 9781564780935
ISBN10: 1564780937
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General
About the Author
Born in Kentucky in 1925, Robert Coleman Dowell is one of the great post-war US writers. He is the author of five novels including "One of the Children is Crying," "Island People, " and "Mrs October Was Here."?