That Recoil of Nature, by Craig Grimes
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That Recoil of Nature, by Craig Grimes
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That Recoil of Nature is a work of literary fiction with all the compelling elements of a good mystery. Echoing throughout this story are the similarities and conflicts between two generations - shaped by very different wars - around the ethics of violence, gender politics, and the nature of responsibility. The novel follows the story of a university student in 1972 - the poet and pacifist, Lawrence MacQuigau - as he discovers the events that embroiled his late mother Maddy, a doctor, twenty years before in the isolated northern village of Wegebow. Her patient, Emelie Gagnon, was slowly being murdered by an abusive husband. Despite Maddy's efforts, the masculine authority in the village refused to intercede, believing in a man's right to rule over his family. Because Emelie was without other family and had lost hope for own survival, Maddy felt that she must protect her. The violence that began in Wegebow will soon take over Lawrence's life, threaten his convictions (and his daughter), and compel him to act when he discovers the connections between the events in Wegebow and his mother's death. Craig Grimes is an unusual writer. Although ostensibly crime stories, his novels are not formulaic mysteries or police procedurals. No Viable Option, for example, includes political satire and cultural commentary. Grimes often employs devices like multiple points of view, and shifts in narrative voice and time.
That Recoil of Nature, by Craig Grimes- Published on: 2015-03-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.99" h x .46" w x 5.24" l, .51 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 200 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A Philosophical Thriller By G. D. Nichol A woman is murdered and the book tells her back story. She was a doctor in the 1950's, in northern Canada, and was faced with the dilemma of whether to help an abused woman to kill her husband. It was her last resort. The people of the town refused to help or acknowledge the violence. The north is seen as just as closed as the US south is presented in novels of slavery. The book gives a mini-critique of all power. It protects certain interests and all institutions support each other.The doctor's story is uncovered 20 years later, in 1972, by her son. He comes to realize her death was a murder and not the result of an accident. He also knows who killed the mother. This puts him in a similar moral situation as his mother faced. Does he take action himself? And that is the moral dilemma at the heart of the novel. Is violence justified?The mother's story is right after WWII and the son's happens during the Vietnam War. Interesting episodes such as the son's involvement in the Vancouver Riots of 1971 and the revolt by women in the 1950's town where they decide men are the enemy. They are times with very different attitudes to violence. (There are parallels here with Byatt such as the similarities between hippies and the Romantics, and interweaving 2 stories, past and present.) This is a similar story to that of Beatrice Cenci (the sexually abused girl who murdered her father). Shelley, Artaud etc. dealt with that story and the ethics of the case. But this is a more nuanced story. This novel deals with the issue of rough justice. Power refuses to act and when people then act to obtain justice on their own they become criminals. This is a compelling read. The abuser is not a cardboard character but fully drawn. He could be anyone.The story also has the qualities of a good thriller.
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