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This is the first of David Payne's that I read.
He's awesome.
The book is engrossing.
I'm sure I will read more of David Payne in the future.
The story centers on the life of the people on an isolated coastal village called Little Roanoke. Payne does a good job describing life in the village, its culture, its idiosyncracies, the fierce way it holds on to its beliefs, its charm, its hypocrisy.
love this part:
"When he looked, that was what he saw: simplicity and character, old folkways, seafaring traditions dating back to Devonshire in Walter Raleigh's time; Joe saw the villagers' originality and ferocious independence, their unwavering certainty as to who they are. When I looked, I saw patriarchialism, religious dogma, bigotry toward blacks and women. Our difference as lovers and as human beings somehow boiled downto our different views about this town, ending where it had begun: with Cleopatra Ames."
He's awesome.
The book is engrossing.
I'm sure I will read more of David Payne in the future.
The story centers on the life of the people on an isolated coastal village called Little Roanoke. Payne does a good job describing life in the village, its culture, its idiosyncracies, the fierce way it holds on to its beliefs, its charm, its hypocrisy.
love this part:
"When he looked, that was what he saw: simplicity and character, old folkways, seafaring traditions dating back to Devonshire in Walter Raleigh's time; Joe saw the villagers' originality and ferocious independence, their unwavering certainty as to who they are. When I looked, I saw patriarchialism, religious dogma, bigotry toward blacks and women. Our difference as lovers and as human beings somehow boiled downto our different views about this town, ending where it had begun: with Cleopatra Ames."
