The Beholder

Leveque, Jean

ISBN 10: 3952640425 / ISBN 13: 9783952640425

Verlag: SBVV, 2026

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers I-9783952640425

Inhaltsangabe:

In this poetic journey of loss and discovery, an unnamed man wakes in darkness and begins another day. The small acts of his morning ritual draw him in a numinous meditation of past and present —from the scent of coffee that evokes his childhood on a farm, to the hum of the local market that echoes with memories of his distant voyages. Gradually, his story emerges in the mind’s eye like a tapestry woven with threads of literature, love, and fate.

Decades earlier, when working as a young stevedore in a small coastal town, a chance encounter leads him to a life of success as a seafaring trader, taking him on a journey through the moral maze of human affairs. But a sudden turn of events confronts him with the pain of betrayal and irrevocable loss. He returns to the town where it all began, his destiny marred by a cruel act. Yet, with hope sustained by companionship, poetry, and a lingering voice from his early youth, he shapes an existence anchored in simplicity and quiet joy.

This is an odyssey of the spirit — a luminous tale that reveals how life can be transformed through a simple act: how we choose to see the world.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Beholder
Verlag: SBVV
Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New