- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday Canada, Limited; 1st Edition edition (2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 038552255X
- ISBN-13: 978-0385522557
- Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 1.7 x 19.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #919,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The End of the Alphabet,
By Barnaby Black (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The End of the Alphabet (Hardcover)
This is a gentle, poignant and very moving story dealing with love and loss. yet it never decends into sentimentality. Elegantly written, it tells the story of Ambrose Zephyr and his reaction to the news that he only has one month left to live.What reaction could one possibly have to such a piece of news? For Ambrose, it's the decision to travel the world from A - Z, visiting those places he had often dreamed of - and loosely planned to visit "sometime". Now he has almost no time left. So he and Zipper, his adored wife, embark on a wild ride of a journey to make each of his few remaining days special and meaningful. Partway through his oddyssy Ambrose's health begins to seriouly fail, he realizes that you can't outrun destiny and the best, most comforting, most appropriate place to spend his last days is, after all, at home. I kept hoping against hope that the diagnosis was incorrect and he would find out that he was going to live to a ripe old age ... but this would have been far too trite an ending. I loved this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: The End of the Alphabet (Hardcover)
Given only one month to live, 50 year old Ambrose Zephyr decides to take his wife, Zipper and travel around the world A-Z. This is a love story first and far most. The destinations around the world are secondary and in fact they end up having to cut the trip short due to Amborse's failing health. It is also about coming to terms with the inevitable loss.Richardson's prose jumps off the page while reading this poignant little story. It is funny, sad, and intelligent all at the same time. The only problem with it is that I wanted to know more. I wanted to know more about Ambrose and his wife's history. This book was only 139 pages though it could have been still under 150, but our curiosity about the past could have been quenched. I highly recommend this book and look forward to reading more by CS Richardson!
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Vapid shortcut across Europe,
By D.B. Wilson (Port Moody, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The End of the Alphabet (Paperback)
"The End of the Alphabet" is a gimmicky, 139 small page, novella with two dimensional characters. Even the anticipated "romp around the world" plot comes up short when the author can't think up a story line to get the characters beyond Istanbul. This trite bit of writing amazingly sidesteps the emotions and life questions associated with the end of a life.
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