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| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Red Grouse Tales |
Leslie Garland
Kindle Edition | Pages: 145 pages Rating: 4.33 | 340 Users | 18 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Bat (The Red Grouse Tales) - A coming of age story involving a search after truth, doubt and a bat! (The Red Grouse Tales) |
| Author | : | Leslie Garland |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 145 pages |
| Published | : | April 29th 2017 by Leslie W P Garland |
| Categories | : | Fiction |
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What is true? What is truth? An adult, speculative, spiritual and philosophical coming of age story. An old and now sceptical Thomas looks back on the events of his last term at school when his class returned to a new beautiful class teacher, a donation of stuffed animals and birds by an eccentric benefactor and the increasingly strange events which followed. Zoological specimens appeared to be not quite as dead as they looked. A bell-jar which had contained a stuffed bat shattered during an exorcism, after which what had been strange events turned to being sinister and frightening. As a then naive young Thomas searched for the truth, he found himself, questioning ‘good and evil’, realising that his task is not as simple and straightforward as he would have wished and in so doing loosing his innocence and having to accept that belief may have as much to do with truth as do facts. A tale for those who like to think on what they are reading. (Warning to sensitive readers; the story is an adult one and so does contain references to sex)Rating Appertaining To Books The Bat (The Red Grouse Tales) - A coming of age story involving a search after truth, doubt and a bat! (The Red Grouse Tales)
Ratings: 4.33 From 340 Users | 18 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books The Bat (The Red Grouse Tales) - A coming of age story involving a search after truth, doubt and a bat! (The Red Grouse Tales)
This made me think of the early Stephen King books I loved reading years ago. The writing is very well done and the wistful narration adds so much to the already well thought out plot. The Thomas character is well-developed and multi-layered so you really feel for him and feel draw into the story and subsequently his experiences. Id never read anything by Graney previously and this was a pleasant surprise for me how much I enjoyed The Bat. As this is the second book in the Red grouse Tales IllWith 'fake news' hitting the headlines and misguided religiously motivated terrorism still in them, I thought it would be nice to look at 'truth' and muse on questions such as 'what actually is true?' and 'what is Truth?' using a fantasy story as a foil for same.Is truth what we believe to be the case, or is it what we know to be the case? Why is one religion deemed to be true, whereas others are deemed not to be so? And why are religions deemed to be a 'good thing' when they appear to be the
THE BAT is part of a string of stories told by the patrons of The Red Grouse Inn. I can see them there, sitting by the fire, a pint in their hands, spinning their yarns. I liked THE BAT, a coming-of-age story since it demonstrates that adult fiction does not have to pivot on adult protagonists. Instead, the friends enjoy Thomass tale, and the reader gets to listen in.Actually, while this set-up frames the narrative, it also creates a bit of a distance. We know we are being told a tale; there is
This is another tale that is recounted in "The Red Grouse Inn". The philosophy is centred around faith, belief and truth.Tom goes back to his schooldays where there were some unusual and spooky developments. It all started when a crate of stuffed zoological specimens were donated to the school. Within one of the glass cages was a bat. Teddy and Bobby were brothers and portrayed the expression of "boys will be boys" very well. The factors to their questions were brought about by one of their
A strange donation of stuffed animals to a school that leads to terrifying events , leaving you questioning everything even your own conclusions !! Even though i couldn't bond with any of the characters and to be honest none were my favorite still this story in my opinion had Gothic elements such as Exorcism- the bat which itself is very significant which represents the title and usually when it's included in a story u know things might go wrong in some way !!! This was a great story by Leslie
"The difference between good and evil isnt always as easy to figure out as one might think. " The story is great. Although the characters aren't quite develop as the story goes, the story itself brings lesson on faith and feed the readers a lot of food of thought.
***I received this eBook as a free review copy from the author/publisher in exchange for an honest review***To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible. St Thomas Aquinas, 13th Century.This quote summarizes the central theme of this book very well and is often referred back to throughout the novel.The novella itself is part of a series of stories told by a group of friends, who meet on a weekly basis in the Red Grouse Inn. On one such
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