A Slant Of Light (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Jeffrey Lent
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At the close of the Civil War, weary veteran Malcolm Hopeton returns to his home in western New York State to find his wife and hired man missing and his farm in disrepair. A double murder ensues, the repercussions of which ripple through a community with spiritual roots in the Second Great Awakening. Hopeton has gone from the horrors of war to those far worse, and arrayed around him are a host of other people struggling to make sense of his crime. Among them is Enoch Stone, the lawyer for the community, whose spiritual dedication is subverted by his lust for power; August Swarthout, whose wife has left earthly time and whose eye is set on eternity; and a boy who must straddle two worlds as he finds his own truth and strength. Always there is love and the memory of love--as haunting as the American Eden that Jeffrey Lent has so exquisitely rendered in this unforgettable novel.
"A Slant of Light "is a novel of earthly pleasure and deep love, of loss and war, of prophets and followers, of theft and revenge, in an American moment where a seemingly golden age has been shattered. This is Jeffrey Lent on his home ground and at the height of his powers.
A Slant Of Light (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Jeffrey Lent - Brand: Lent, Jeffrey
- Published on: 2015-06-03
- Format: Large Print
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.60" h x 1.20" w x 5.70" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 572 pages
A Slant Of Light (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series), by Jeffrey Lent Review "Majestic . . . Epic . . . Vital . . . A necessary piece in a uniquely American mosaic." --"The New York Times Book Review "on" In the Fall""" "A richly observed epic, Lent's first novel tackles big questions--the limits of love, the cost of secrets, the pain and rage that are slavery's enduring toll--while spinning a gripping tale. . . . A deeply affecting novel." --"People" on "In the Fall""" "You can hear echoes of Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy in Lent's prose. But the presiding geniuses of this dark novel's painterly, poetic scenes are Robert Frost and the artist Winslow Homer . . . flint-eyed Yankees who never saw a paradise that didn't have a snake." --"Newsweek" on "In the Fall""" "Masterfully create[d] . . . A sincere, honest telling of a man's struggle to mature and embrace a life after years of failing to find peace." --"Rocky Mountain News "on "A Peculiar Grace""" "Shows that [Lent's] talent has staying power. His carefully crafted but hardscrabble prose is like a rutted country road carving out its own literary territory." --"St Louis Post-Dispatch "on "Lost Nation""A somber and breathtaking Hardyesque vision of a little-known American past, Lent's newest epic unfolds with the assured timelessness of a classic . . . Many sentences demand rereading for their sheer beauty, and each love story--some tragic, others newly born--has a poignant emotional charge. Lent offers eloquent insight into what makes his characters tick, yet enough unknowns remain to keep the novel unpredictable through the final pages." --"Booklist" "Another keening, moving novel steeped in American history and the rhythms of country life from Lent . . . His prose is as magnificent as ever, capturing the light in a summer sky or the pain in a bereaved heart with equal clarity and beauty . . . More fine work from a writer who stirs both the head and the heart with powerful grace." --"Kirkus Reviews," starred review "It is a virtue of this lovely book that its pace is unhurried. Lent pays special attention to the matters most important to that particular time and place. For lovers of historical fiction or simply those who appreciate strong writing." --"Library Journal," starred review "A brilliant and powerful narrative. Lent is a premier stylist in the current American novel." --Jim Harrison "Wonderfully entertaining, deeply moving, beautifully written . . . In my estimation, Jeffrey Lent is our most American writer since Mark Twain and one of the two of three best novelists of our time." --Howard Frank Mosher "Jeffrey Lent has done for Western New York what Faulkner did for North Mississippi: render a time and landscape with such fidelity that story and place are inextricably bound. "A Slant of Light "is a marvelous book by one of America's very best novelists." --Ron Rash
About the Author
Jeffrey Lent was born in Vermont and grew up there and in western New York State, on dairy farms. He studied literature and psychology at Franconia College in New Hampshire and SUNY Purchase. His first novel, "In the Fall," was a national bestseller and a "New York Times Book Review" Notable Book for 2000. His other novels are "Lost Nation," "A Peculiar Grace," and "After You've Gone." Lent lives with his wife and two daughters in central Vermont.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. the tight hard bundles of seed topping the stalks like many sided arrows By Angela Jeffrey Lent is an extraordinary writer. Sometimes his sentences are long and I find I have to reread them . At some point, the writing just flows but I stop and reread not because the sentence is a little long to grasp but because I choose to - the descriptions are perfection . I just have to include a couple of the them here so you know what I mean about his gorgeous language."The corn was high, pressing toward the roadsides, the oats nearly ripe, the slender stalks with their fragile seed casings bending with the slightest of breezes, the fields the color and tone of doeskin, the wheat sturdier, a sharper yellow, the tight hard bundles of seed topping the stalks like many sided arrows.""The porch looked east, so they sat in shade, the house behind , the barn downhill from them and the road a step up the ridge westward, a track parallel both to the ridgetop and the valley below. The sun was burning huge into the ridgetop trees and above a small string of clouds held motionless with red bellies, darkening above . To the east but high overhead a gibbous moon loomed. Past that the evening star, a hole poked toward heaven ."The history of the times just after the civil war in upstate NY is depicted , not just through the events themselves but through the lives of his characters . The settling and the building of farms , the very hard life of farming , the role of religion and the impact on families of all of these things are a part of this story. This novel is mostly about good people and the losses they have suffered - loved ones , homes and parts of themselves and it's also about love and what it means to be moral regardless of the religion .There also are bad and evil men and some amazingly strong women.The novel centers around Malcolm Hopeton , a good man pushed over the edge to violence when he returns home from the war and finds that most of what he owned and his wife have been taken from him by Amos Wheeler , the man Hopeton has mistakenly left in charge of his farm . Harlan Davis , a loyal , hardworking 16 year old boy , an orphan who is wise for his age wants to save the man he worked for and who he knows to be a good man . Then there is theless than moral , Enoch Stone who wants to help free Hopeton for his own purposes . August Swartout , stands in contrast to Stone as a man wanting to do the right thing for Harlan and his sister Becca.We come to know so much about these characters and their pasts are revealed in narratives that are interspersed with the present. I loved that their stories were melded together sometimes in the same chapter without any line of separation other than a new paragraph. It gave me the sense of how connected their lives were.I was drawn in also because of the place - upstate NY just near the town of Jerusalem in Yates County which is just over an hour drive away from where I live . I loved The mention of places that I know - Canandaigua Lake , Seneca Lake , Elmira , Lake Ontario . But it could have taken place anywhere and I still would have loved it. Lent is a skilled storyteller , recording the pulse of the time of which he writes and a view of what it means to be human that is relevant both then and now . He is one of my favorite authors and I definitely recommend this novel as well as his others .A big thank you to Bloomsbury USA and NetGalley for this advanced copy .
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Powerful Storytelling, Incantatory Language By Alec Hastings When I finished A Slant of Light, I felt like I do when I have walked in the high peaks of New Hampshire, above the trees where the landscape is mystical and brings thoughts of eternity. For days afterward the clouds and crags jump unbidden to mind. As I write this review, I know the incantatory language in A Slant of Light will resonate inside me for a good while. It cast a spell over me from the first page to the last. I know of only one other writer who has created this kind of language, a language lyrical, ancestral, wonderfully archaic, and rooted in a past landscape, in an America vanished in the smoke and fire of railroads, engines, and electricity. That other writer is Cormac McCarthy in All the Pretty Horses (and probably in the rest of his Border trilogy which I look forward to reading). I could add Matthiessen's Shadow Country, too. But language is not enough to make a great novel. There must be story and character and meaning as well. A Slant of Light has all these in spades. Lent skillfully juggles the stories of tragically cursed Malcolm Hopeton and Bethany Schofield Hopeton, vicious thief Amos Wheeler, deeply moral August Swartout, loyal and hardworking Becca Davis, the brave young Harlan Davis, and the unlucky but unsinkable Alice Ann Labidee. By the end of the novel we know all these characters intimately. Their stories issue from the double murder that begins the novel, and they touch on tragedy, love, loyalty, death, time, God, courage, and morality--in other words, almost everything. As with the Emily Dickinson poem for which (I assume) it is named, the meaning of A Slant of Light is not to be summed in abstractions, however. Its meaning will be found in the heart of the individual reader and will only be parsed as the reader plumbs and delves over time. This is not a book the average reader will page through quickly. The language is rich and can only be appreciated if read with the same care the author used in writing it. But oh my goodness what reward! It transported me to the horse-and-buggy world of my great-grandparents and beyond to something not of place or time but of the heart and what the heart knows but needs reminding of.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. and although I was satisfied to know so much about the several of the ... By Tiqr Thank-you Jeffrey Lent for another lyrical gem. I have been a fan of Jeffrey Lent’s writing since ‘In the Fall’ and have savored everything in between. Slant of Light lived up to my high expectations. This author has a way of creating worlds and characters that linger with you long after you close the cover.The close of the civil war sets the backdrop for this story. An orphaned boy struggles to find his voice and communicate the truth, but who is initially overwhelmed by the politics and world outside of the simple life he knows. However, Harlan’s life is charmed, as strong positive presences seem to enter his life at his most vulnerable moments. This story focuses on two different, but very principled men, each playing a major role as Harlan navigates to make right a perceived injustice. One man steps in to offer shelter and gentle guidance, the other in prison for a double murder.It takes a few pages to fall into the rhythm of the language, but once you do, you are spiraled back in time. The story gently unfolds and wraps you up in it.Although the main story concludes, we have learned so much and come to care about so many of the characters in the story, I am hoping that there is a follow up book to A Slant of Light. This is also a story about a community, and although I was satisfied to know so much about the several of the main characters, I was still intrigued to understand how the events of the murder and trial impacted the town. Please give us more!I am grateful to the author for continuing to put out such high quality historical fiction, well researched and beautifully told. Long before Kindle, I was busy highlighting passages and brilliant insights in his books. This is a book that I already look forward to savoring again.
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