Steve Wiegenstein
Autor de Slant of Light
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The novel is about a Utopian town in Missouri that has been in existence for around 30 years. I can’t say that I got from descriptions that it was thriving but it was certainly surviving. The inhabitants were committed to the ideals of combining their funds and making improvements by committee. There are the usual troubles when you have people living in a small town but nothing that they can’t (so far) handle.
Then some men ins suits from back East come ’round looking to buy their trees. They are buying up all of the land they can to strip it and send the lumber back to build houses and stores and cities. And then they find a vein of silver and more greed sets in. The citizens of Daybreak have to decide if they want to do business with these man or to try and stay as they are. The thoughts of all of that money are also causing some people to rethink the communal ideals. Will the community survive? Will their commitment to sharing all hold firm?
There is a lot going on in the book. The discussions of the Utopian community, family issues, greed, love, lust and more. Mr. Wiegenstein has done his research and it shows with lots of period detail. The characters are all unique and despite their being of the 19th century they seem – most of them anyway – like people I would want to have dinner with. Most of them. There are of course a villain or two for their wouldn’t be a good story without one.
It’s an interesting book to read in today’s world as well. Greed, raping the forest, differences between the rich and the poor. You see what I mean. It’s a well written morality play full of wonderful prose and memorable characters.… (más)