Language: English Genre: Fiction. Novel. ISBN: 978-988-19935-9-5 Format: Pbk. 232pp. Size: 210mm. high by 150mm wide Published by Proverse Hong Kong, 20 November 2012 Purchase and details link: The Village in the Mountains DAVID DISKIN was born and brought up in the English Midlands but has spent most of his working life in Asia. He currently lives in Hong Kong where he pursues his interests in writing, natural history and photography. THE VILLAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS is set in a fictional, southern European country. After a brief period of democratic reform, the nation has once again become a totalitarian state under the rule of the Colonel, whose overriding creed is Loyalty to the State, the Church, the Family. The narrator of the book, a left-wing poet from a prominent family, is exiled by the Colonel to a village in the high mountains near the country’s border. Against this mountainous backdrop, an intense psychological drama is played out between the poet and the people with whom he comes into contact, compelling him to make a decision that will change his life forever. ~~"A compelling narrative."
~~"The protagonist of this story spent nine years in exile for his political views. In that time he was well known for his politically motivated poetry, but he missed his country which remains unnamed throughout this story. He has experienced the fairly recent bereavement of his wife and lives quietly and reflectively alone waiting for some of the inspiration that had previously created his poetry. He looks back over his life with a certain amount of sadness and resignation as he questions his once-held certainties with the calmness and maturity of a life spent questioning and observing. His talents as a poet came from an impassioned belief in the injustice and wrongs of the political system in his country, and perhaps without the passion he finds it harder to find inspiration. Once the system is overthrown by a military dictatorship, he is still considered a political subversive by the authorities. The book therefore starts with the arrival of the authorities who will take him into exile, but which will be this time within the boundaries of his own country….
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