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In this luminous new novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory, john banville introduces us to max morden, a middleaged irishman who. Max narrates the novel and all other characters are seen through him. The sea 2005 when art historian max morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. Topics john banville, martin heidegger, paul celan, hannah arendt. In this luminous new novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory, john banville introduces us to max m. The grace family had appeared that longago summer as if from another world. John banville has 96 books on goodreads with 168522 ratings.
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