Darke

Description:

Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot. Meditating on what he has lost - the loves of his life, both dead and alive - he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light appear in his carefully managed darkness; he begins to emerge from his self-imposed exile, drawn by the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and grandson.

subjects: Old age,  Death,  Conduct of life,  Reminiscing in old age,  Social isolation,  Families,  Fiction,  Fiction, general,  Social isolation -- Fiction,  Old age -- Conduct of life -- Fiction,  Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction,  Death -- Fiction,  Families -- Fiction,  English literature