A World Lost
A Novel (Port William)

4.5 stars "The world that I knew had changed into a world that I knew only in part; perhaps I understood that I would not be able ever again to think of it as a known world." It might seem that this was a poor choice of a book, given the state of our world right now. I hesitated only momentarily befor......more

This was my introduction to Wendell Berry. I have heard very favorable comments about the author. This was a slim novel about a boy’s uncle, Uncle Andrew, who was murdered (the perpetrator was known, that was not an issue in the novel), and as the boy grew from boy to young man to older man he would......more

Oh, oh, oh, I love Wendell Berry. This is a short book about a little boy and the violent death of his uncle, but it is a profound study of human hearts, human loves, and all the little choices we make that so form the stories of everyone around us. Also, such a sense of place, as always, pervades W.......more

Summary: Young Andy Catlett's life is forever changed the day his namesake Uncle Andrew is murdered, an event he spends a lifetime trying to understand. Andy Catlett is nine years old on the summer day when his adored Uncle Andrew refused to take him on a job salvaging material from an old building.......more

This book is extraordinary. Its reflections on character, redemption, and necessity are quietly presented to the reader through the lens of a young man coming to grips with tragedy.......more