The Wake of Forgiveness, Bruce Machart
The Wake of Forgiveness, Bruce Machart
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The Wake of Forgiveness

Author: Bruce Machart

Narrator: Henry Strozier

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/21/2010


Synopsis

This accomplished debut novel from Bruce Machart has drawn critical raves. In 1895 Texas, Karel Skala enters the world while his mother dies in childbirth. Fifteen years later, guilt-stricken Karel puts his family's fortunes on the line in a horse race against a powerful Spanish patriarch. "Machart's moving story unfolds lyrically and sensually, with little fanfare, as his thoughtful prose propels a character-driven story about family, morality, and redemption."-Publishers Weekly

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on April 08, 2019

fulfilling my 2019 goal to read (at least) one book each month that has been digitally moldering, unread, on my NOOK for years and years and years. sometimes i find i don’t have much to say about a book when it comes time for the reviewing of it. and i know no one’s holding a gun to my head saying “y......more

Goodreads review by Lou on September 30, 2012

A sweeping epic saga across 30 years of a family, brothers and a father and their deceased mother. Wonderfully layered out in some of the most eloquent words strung together in a sentence. This guy can really write, literally unheard of by the reading population. A must read this novel deserves immedi......more

Goodreads review by David on August 07, 2011

Against expectations, I read this book as rapidly as I could, following its inevitable word cadences, complex and exquisitely honed. On nearly every page I wanted to rush forward, but the structure and evolution of each crafted sentence kept me from it and taught me a reader's patience. In this way......more

Goodreads review by Trish on July 23, 2011

The book is a western in the broadest sense. It is really literature. The language is lush, exquisite, and unforgettable. The work is the debut (!) novel of a young man, but reads as if it were written by a much older man. If I tell you the book is black…dark like I have rarely read, you may be relu......more

Goodreads review by Richard on August 31, 2010

"This is the bloodlust of brothers, the vengeful rage of the father, all of it born out and somehow flawless in its wickedness, like some depraved reenactment of Genesis staged solely for the amusement of reprobates." -The Wake of Forgiveness Every once in a great while you come across a book that d......more