- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Turton & Chambers Ltd (Sep 19 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1872148603
- ISBN-13: 978-1872148601
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Public and private histories, Dec 16 2007
By Raymond Mathiesen - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Hillingdon Fox (Paperback)
Two brothers and two diaries! Written eight years apart these separate narratives mold together to form an interesting unity that will keep you intrigued and asking questions right to the end.Gerald, the elder brother, is a pompous conservative. In his senior school year he and his companions are putting together a time capsule which is not meant to be unearthed for 100 years. Gerald is writing his diary for the capsule. It is meant to be a record of the times, including the Falklands War, but gradually becomes a more personal record of private battles.
The light-hearted Hugh, the younger brother, is also in his senior school year and is also interested in history. The momentous events of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait seems to dwarf his apparently petty life. Where is the meaning in all this he wonders? Then Hugh comments to Gerald that his beloved time capsule is going to be dug up as part of a new building project. Gerald seems strangely agitated by the news.
This is a story about public history and private history and the things that really motivate us and mold us into the people we are. Does nothing ever really change as Gerald comments? Do we really understand the events and people around us, or can they have surprisingly hidden depths?
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