I’ve been thinking about books about oldsters as I
read The Book of Ebenezer LePage. I
recalled some other books that featured elderly characters, including the works
of Jane Gardam. When I reviewed Old Filth, I thought her skill was in making “old
age as perilous an adventure to navigate as adolescence." Coming-of-age novels are an old and recognized
standard genre. I think Parting-of the-aged novels should become a sub-genre
all their own. Here are my first six candidates for such a genre.
- 1. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Rachel Joyce2. Old Filth -- Jane Gardam3. The Man in the Wooden Hat --Jane Gardam features an older woman)4. Last Friends -- Jane Gardam5. The Book of Ebenezer LePage -- G. B. Edwards6. A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
Oh, that's a wonderful thought. I wish we could make it a new genre. It's only fair.
ReplyDeleteI'm learning from these great old people. There are all these threads from your life to either tie up or just leave hanging.
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