The Sky Manifest, Brian Panhuyzen
The Sky Manifest, Brian Panhuyzen
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The Sky Manifest

Author: Brian Panhuyzen

Narrator: Graham Winton

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/17/2014


Synopsis

After suffering an unbearable loss, a man takes a road trip in an attempt to find solace and encounters beauty, brutality, and beguiling characters along the way in this darkly thrilling novel. Grieving the deaths of his wife and infant daughter, Nathan Soderquist decides to journey westward across the continent, documenting the ever-changing sky in brief entries of ravishing poetry. Desperately lonely and with nothing left to lose, he drives through vacant landscapes committing acts of violence, nobility, cowardice, and bravery, all the while trying to save the world from evil. After his recklessness leads to an accident that leaves his body broken, he heals and continues his journey on bicycle before that is taken from him as well. Bent on revenge he sets out again on foot, and a violent midnight confrontation puts him on a path that could lead to either destruction or redemption.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori L

The Sky Manifest by Brian Panhuyzen is an eminently melancholy novel. Nathan Soderquist is on a quest across Canada - a quest wrought from pain and memories. After his wife and 18 month-old daughter are killed in an accident, Nathan is trying to escape from the pain and the memories by traveling. Na......more

Goodreads review by David

The Sky Manifest is my forty-seventh book that I have received from Goodreads. I really enjoyed reading this book. The story is about a man named Nathan, who lost his wife and child in a car accident that he felt was his fault. Nathan is unable to escape the pain of losing both his wife and child an......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

A wonderfully written emotional read. The main character Nathan has lost his wife and child in a car accident that he is believes is his fault. Unable to cope with this he travels, running away from himself in a sense. On his journey he is faced with many things that in some ways break him down but......more