A Century Of November
In a novel set in the early 20th century, Charles Marden, a widower, grows apples in Vancouver. His son, Billy, has been killed during the last days of World War I, and a griefstricken Marden decides to travel to Europe in search of the place where his son died. When he arrives, he goes through a kind of hell as, on the wasteland in Flanders that the battlefields have become, he encounters other seekers, meets the inevitable con men, and slogs through the region's famous mud. His quest, finally, expands to include his son's unexpected girlfriend, Elaine, a young Englishwoman looking for the same thing. Marden does find out the details of his son's death--and also, through Elaine, learns that life can go on. W. D. Wetherell's elegant novel is short, harrowing, and deeply moving. It vividly evokes both its war-torn setting and its 1918 time period. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.
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