The Confession of a Child of the Century by Samuel Heather
A Novel
Fiction & Literature, Coming of Age, Humorous, Historical
| Author: | Thomas Rogers | ISBN: | 9781480449817 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media | Publication: | December 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Open Road Media | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas Rogers |
| ISBN: | 9781480449817 |
| Publisher: | Open Road Media |
| Publication: | December 10, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Open Road Media |
| Language: | English |
Finalist for the National Book Award: A witty novel of coming of age during wartime in America
In the words of its “author,” Samuel Heather, the Confession is a “comical historical pastoral” that chronicles the struggles of growing up the son of a Midwestern bishop. (“My father’s daily work was to be a father. It was excruciating.”) Samuel escapes Missouri to attend Harvard, where he gets himself expelled for exploding a footbridge over the Charles River. He is soon sent to fight in Korea and lands in a prison camp. Samuel’s picaresque coming of age—by turns both funny and poignant—is truly the tale of “a child of the century.”
Finalist for the National Book Award: A witty novel of coming of age during wartime in America
In the words of its “author,” Samuel Heather, the Confession is a “comical historical pastoral” that chronicles the struggles of growing up the son of a Midwestern bishop. (“My father’s daily work was to be a father. It was excruciating.”) Samuel escapes Missouri to attend Harvard, where he gets himself expelled for exploding a footbridge over the Charles River. He is soon sent to fight in Korea and lands in a prison camp. Samuel’s picaresque coming of age—by turns both funny and poignant—is truly the tale of “a child of the century.”
