Look at the Sun

A Coming-of-Middle-Age Journey

Fiction & Literature, Literary
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Author: Don Carswell ISBN: 9781483592107
Publisher: BookBaby Publication: February 20, 2017
Imprint: BookBaby Language: English
Author: Don Carswell
ISBN: 9781483592107
Publisher: BookBaby
Publication: February 20, 2017
Imprint: BookBaby
Language: English
"Look at the Sun" may well be the world’s first coming-of-middle-age novel. It is a subtle, yet insightful, examination of the boundaries of free thought. On the surface it chronicles the hero’s contemporaneous parallel journeys- his poignant passage through a difficult chapter of life and his breathtaking trek through Central America, a dreamy but dangerous world of beauty and color. On a deeper level it is a thought-provoking exploration of what it truly means to think for oneself, if, in fact, that is ever really possible. "Look at the Sun" pursues its probing inquiry through the introspective journey of Doug Roth, a middle-class family man and frustrated IT Director. Profoundly bored and peering across the yawning chasm of a recalcitrant midlife crisis, Doug suddenly concludes that the best way to overcome his growing depression is to undertake a bumpy bus trip alone, along the scoliotic spine of Central America. A chance encounter with an erstwhile hippie and ‘closet intellectual’ leads him down a sinuous road of friendship, betrayal and paranoia and finally to the precipice of his mortality. In spite of the weighty subject matter, "Look at the Sun" endeavors to maintain an upbeat, positive spin. Though the story is fictional, many of the events in "Look at the Sun" are based on the real experiences of the author during his many years of travel around the world.
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"Look at the Sun" may well be the world’s first coming-of-middle-age novel. It is a subtle, yet insightful, examination of the boundaries of free thought. On the surface it chronicles the hero’s contemporaneous parallel journeys- his poignant passage through a difficult chapter of life and his breathtaking trek through Central America, a dreamy but dangerous world of beauty and color. On a deeper level it is a thought-provoking exploration of what it truly means to think for oneself, if, in fact, that is ever really possible. "Look at the Sun" pursues its probing inquiry through the introspective journey of Doug Roth, a middle-class family man and frustrated IT Director. Profoundly bored and peering across the yawning chasm of a recalcitrant midlife crisis, Doug suddenly concludes that the best way to overcome his growing depression is to undertake a bumpy bus trip alone, along the scoliotic spine of Central America. A chance encounter with an erstwhile hippie and ‘closet intellectual’ leads him down a sinuous road of friendship, betrayal and paranoia and finally to the precipice of his mortality. In spite of the weighty subject matter, "Look at the Sun" endeavors to maintain an upbeat, positive spin. Though the story is fictional, many of the events in "Look at the Sun" are based on the real experiences of the author during his many years of travel around the world.

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