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Dorek: deaf and unheard
Dorek is deaf and asexual with no sense of achievement in life. His fortunes unexpectedly change and through learning more about his family history and the connections he uncovers, Dorek eventually finds an inner peace.
230 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 11, 2015
45 people want to read
About the author
Patricia Borlenghi
25 books11 followersI have always loved books. The feel of them, the smell, the covers... For this reason, I have always worked in publishing and started writing in the 80s. I have had several children's books published and I self-published my first novel for adults/young adults in 2013 under my new Patrician Press imprint. It is an historical novel set in Italy entitled 'Zaira'. I have since written two more novels, 'Clarisse' and 'Dorek'. Together they form a trilogy.
Patrician Press also publishes work by other authors, mainly fiction and poetry.
See : www.patricianpress.com
for more details.
Patrician Press also publishes work by other authors, mainly fiction and poetry.
See : www.patricianpress.com
for more details.
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May 20, 2015
From Jan:
I read Dorek very quickly because I was engaged by the book and enjoyed it.
Having read and enjoyed Patricia's first two books in her 'trilogy', Zaira and Clarisse, I was curious to find the other characters from them which appear in Dorek. To see how they were 'getting on' as it were. Often finishing books like these is sad because it is like the loss of good friends.
These are the thoughts which came to me, and remain with me some weeks after I finished reading Dorek.
Dorek is a memoir of a deaf man written by a woman.
This is interesting as a starting point. I wondered how the personal exploration involved in writing a memoir affected the writer?
There is poignant poetry interspersed within the prose, I found I went back to it and mulled it over before reading on.
Dorek is waiting for life to happen, sensing powerful darknesses around him.
The sadness of being deaf comes out strongly, the theme of isolation comes up often throughout the narrative.
I found I was 'routing for Dorek' throughout the book. After his mother's death he began to go forward, though he stumbled along the way, and I was profoundly pleased.
I could write lots more about this unusual book, but I suggest you give it a go.
I read Dorek very quickly because I was engaged by the book and enjoyed it.
Having read and enjoyed Patricia's first two books in her 'trilogy', Zaira and Clarisse, I was curious to find the other characters from them which appear in Dorek. To see how they were 'getting on' as it were. Often finishing books like these is sad because it is like the loss of good friends.
These are the thoughts which came to me, and remain with me some weeks after I finished reading Dorek.
Dorek is a memoir of a deaf man written by a woman.
This is interesting as a starting point. I wondered how the personal exploration involved in writing a memoir affected the writer?
There is poignant poetry interspersed within the prose, I found I went back to it and mulled it over before reading on.
Dorek is waiting for life to happen, sensing powerful darknesses around him.
The sadness of being deaf comes out strongly, the theme of isolation comes up often throughout the narrative.
I found I was 'routing for Dorek' throughout the book. After his mother's death he began to go forward, though he stumbled along the way, and I was profoundly pleased.
I could write lots more about this unusual book, but I suggest you give it a go.
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