Description: Leaving Losapas by Roland Merullo Leaving Losapas begins on a tiny atoll in the equatorial Pacific. Leo Markin, a young US Marine and Vietnam combat veteran who survived the war, found himself so changed by the experience that he simply could not find a way to return to his home, family, and his fiancée in a working class city of his birth outside of Boston. The islanders in Losapas are kind to him-he had been living there for years-and he had found a woman he came to love. Various events conspire to convince him to return to America, but on his return home he feels lost. He has troubling encounters with his aging father, finds that his fiancée has married another man and appears trapped in an abusive relationship, and his old friends seem like strangers to him. Leo is torn between the peaceful, natural way of life on the island, and the rougher rules of his upbringing. In the end, though he has sworn to turn his back on physical violence, it is an act of physical violence that convinces him the only place he can live is Losapas. When his father suddenly dies, Leo decides to leave the house he inherits to his former fiancée-thus encouraging her to leave her husband-and he returns to the life he left behind and to his island lover.Boston Magazine called Leaving Losapas a "great surprising book...the best novel of the year..." and The Rocky Mountain News said "its a wondrous, spiritually rich story...Merullo has created something of beauty...Leaving Losapas will linger in your mind long after you close its pages." FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN1736720201 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1736720201 ISBN-13 9781736720202 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2021-03-31 Pages 372 Publisher Pfp Publishing UK Release Date 2021-03-31 Author Roland Merullo Imprint Pfp Publishing DEWEY FIC Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:131443222;
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ISBN: 9781736720202
Book Title: Leaving Losapas
Item Height: 216mm
Item Width: 140mm
Author: Roland Merullo
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Literature, Books
Publisher: Pfp Publishing
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Item Weight: 608g
Number of Pages: 372 Pages
