Letters from a Shuttered Country was not the first and neither the last of novels to emerge from lockdown. But it will be amond the most impacting.
It instantly resonates with readers and unfolds like a contemporary Canterbury Tales as each central character pens a short story that reveals their past. Lush descriptions combine with philosophical and psychologicl insight expressed in poetry and a powerful story of redemption.
For all those who have wanted the chance to begin again, mysteries from the past merge into treasures from the future.
Letters from a Shuttered Country brings the power to start over, faith, plague and love into a seamless, original story.
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Chapter One: In Which the Story Ends. 4
Chapter Two: Tonight We Saw a Pink Moon. 17
Chapter Three: They Seek for the Wise. 31
Once upon a time in Soweto…. 34
Chapter Four: Rezooming Where We Left Off. 52
Chapter Five: Let’s Get Creative. 70
Chapter Six: In the Days of the Plague. 81
Chapter Seven: A Mysterious Disappearance (Bill’s Story). 93
The Professor who disappeared. 97
Chapter Eight: A Toyota Flew Down on Top of Him (Steve’s Story) 110
Chapter Nine: A Tale of Two Poets. 129
Chapter Ten: The Day Had Begun Slowly and Without Drama (Jack’s Story) 150
Chapter Eleven: Redemption’s Happy Hour. 176
Chapter Twelve: The Future of the Handshake and a Time of Re-birth 209
Postscript. 246
Appendix – poems (The Beth cycle) 249