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Open, Heaven: A Novel
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A Stunning Novel From The Acclaimed Young Irish Poet Sen Hewitt, A Luminous And Intensely Evocative Portrayal Of Two Teeneagers Bonding With Each Other Over One Heady, Transformative Year.[Open, Heaven] Is A Searching Novel Orbiting Pleasure, Loss, And The Ecstatic Release Of Both; Which Is To Say ItS A Novel About Time. Which Is To Say ItS A Novel About Us. Kaveh Akbar, Author Of Martyr!Set In A Remote Village In The North Of England, Open, Heaven Unfolds Over The Course Of One Year In Which Two Teenage Boys Meet And Transform Each OtherS Lives.JamesA Sheltered, Shy SixteenYearOldIs Alone In His Newly Discovered Sexuality, Full Of An Unruly Desire But Entirely Inexperienced. As He Is Beginning To Understand Himself And His Longings, He Also Realizes How His Feelings Threaten To Separate Him From His Family And The Rural Community He Has Grown Up In. He Dreams Of Another Life, Fantasizing About What Lies Beyond The VillageS LeafRibboned Boundaries, Beyond His Reach: Autonomy, Tenderness, Sex. Then, In The Autumn Of 2002, He Meets Luke, A Slightly Older Boy, Handsome, Unkempt, Who Comes With A Reputation For Danger. Abandoned By His ParentsHis Father Imprisoned, And His Mother Having Moved To France For Another ManLuke Has Been Sent To Live With His Aunt And Uncle On Their Farm Just Outside The Village. James Is Immediately Drawn To Him Like The Pull A Fire Makes On The Air, Dragging Things Into It And Blazing Them Into Its Hot, White Centre, Drawn To This Boy Who Is Beautiful And Impulsive, Charismatic, Troubled. But Underneath LukeS Bravado Is A Deep WoundA Longing For The Love Of His Father And For The Stability Of Family Life.Open, Heaven Is A Novel About Desire, Yearning, And The Terror Of First Love. With The Striking Economy And Lyricism That Animate His Work As A Poet, Hewitt Has Written A Mesmerizing Hymn To Boyhood, Sensuality, And Love In All Its Forms.
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