Tinkers by Paul Harding
George is dying and Tinkers takes us through his few remaining hours. He lays in a hospital bed in the middle of his living room being watched over by people he no longer knows. His life randomly flashes through his mind as brief vignettes each giving the reader a special view into his heart.
The writing is superb, no wonder Tinkers won the Pulitzer Prize. With pain numbing drugs swirling through his body, we experience his dying days for ourselves. George's home is crashing down around him. Lumber and plaster crashing from the ceiling landing inches from his bed. All the while his beloved clocks tick, tick, tick soothing him back to sleep. He loved tinkering with clocks. Clocks filled his workroom in the basement. People sought him out from miles away to fix their beloved clocks.
Entwined with George is the story of his father who deserted the family after biting George during an epileptic seizure. His father too had the meticulous habits of a tinkerer. Through the mind of a dying man, we can learn the purpose of our lives.
Tinkers is wonderful. No wonder it captured the Pulitzer Prize.
George is dying and Tinkers takes us through his few remaining hours. He lays in a hospital bed in the middle of his living room being watched over by people he no longer knows. His life randomly flashes through his mind as brief vignettes each giving the reader a special view into his heart.
The writing is superb, no wonder Tinkers won the Pulitzer Prize. With pain numbing drugs swirling through his body, we experience his dying days for ourselves. George's home is crashing down around him. Lumber and plaster crashing from the ceiling landing inches from his bed. All the while his beloved clocks tick, tick, tick soothing him back to sleep. He loved tinkering with clocks. Clocks filled his workroom in the basement. People sought him out from miles away to fix their beloved clocks.
Entwined with George is the story of his father who deserted the family after biting George during an epileptic seizure. His father too had the meticulous habits of a tinkerer. Through the mind of a dying man, we can learn the purpose of our lives.
Tinkers is wonderful. No wonder it captured the Pulitzer Prize.
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