Emerging Man - McEllistrem, Steve
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Ryan Connelly, nearing 40, returns to the small Minnesota town where he grew up, hoping to reconnect with his father. But their relationship was strained even before the death of his mother many years earlier. As he struggles to overcome the pain in his past, he assists an old sculptor in carving out a boulder that takes on the shape of a man emerging from the soil. The two men bond while contemplating the mysteries of the world and their place in it. For Ryan, who has been going through the motions for many years now, stuck working jobs instead of pursuing a career, life is beginning to have…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Ryan Connelly, nearing 40, returns to the small Minnesota town where he grew up, hoping to reconnect with his father. But their relationship was strained even before the death of his mother many years earlier. As he struggles to overcome the pain in his past, he assists an old sculptor in carving out a boulder that takes on the shape of a man emerging from the soil. The two men bond while contemplating the mysteries of the world and their place in it. For Ryan, who has been going through the motions for many years now, stuck working jobs instead of pursuing a career, life is beginning to have some flavor again. And he comes to realize that much of the blame he put on his father for his troubles rests instead on his shoulders. Slowly, piece by piece, Ryan emerges into the wider world, wiser and more accepting of the frailties of others, and of the need to move beyond his comfort zone if he wishes to achieve a meaningful life. As one reviewer wrote: "Emerging Man is an excellent study of an intelligent man struggling to climb out of a rut that he has created for himself. I found my toes curling at Mr McEllistrem's description of a family meal and my heart going out to the old sculptor who worked on the standing stone. An enjoyable, if haunting, read." From the very first line, They bury her today, this novel seduces us into its powerful narrative, a river of carefully crafted prose pulling us inevitably toward its satisfying conclusion.
Autorenporträt
Steve McEllistrem has been a writer and editor for more than 30 years. His Susquehanna Virus novels include The Devereaux Dilemma and The Devereaux Disaster, both finalists for the International Book Award in Science Fiction, The Devereaux Decision, named a finalist for a Minnesota Book Award, a Midwest Book Award and an International Book Award, and The Devereaux Deity, also a finalist for an International Book Award. Along with Cynthia Kraack, he edited and contributed a story to Boundaries Without: The Calumet Editions 2017 Anthology of Speculative Fiction. He has also written the stand-alone novels The Man Who Found His Moniker, Emerging Man and Hound of God, as well as numerous nonfiction books, and he was a producer and host of Write On! Radio in Minneapolis - where he interviewed local, national and international authors - for many years.