Gemini

By Michael Burns

Book Overview

Set in rural Vermont during the 1968-69 academic year, Gemini is the story of one mans effort to salvage his life. Jack Scanlon returns to his hometown after an 18 year absence, taking a position as a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097018624X
• ISBN13: 9780970186249
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Poncha Press
• Length: 387 Pages

Customer Reviews

The Work of an Unheralded Genius

With "Gemini," Michael Burns has introduced himself to the world as an author whose breadth of imagination and depth of perception is without compare. Novels are all about character, and the characters with which Burns presents us are as vivid and as emotionally complex and believable as is possible in fiction. We love the characters for their good points, hate them for their flaws, blame them for the consequences of their actions and sympathize with them for their circumstances. Most importantly, however, is that these character's provide us with insight into what it means to be living in the world we do. The novel opens our minds to the realities of day to day life that we never seem to examine, and, in doing so, sheds light on what we all value and despise, and probes into the reasons why we do. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in how we as humans live and interract with each other and anyone who understands what it is to suffer and deal with suffering.