Think of the Earth
by Bertram Brooker
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"A mysterious story, but not a 'mystery'-a 'murder' story, without a murder. The interest centres round the question of 'who will be murdered?' rather than 'who is the murderer?' Tavistock, an Englishman who drifts to Western Canada, becomes obsessed by an idea comparable only with the manias which torture Dostoyevsky's heroes. He is convinced that a superhuman person is alive in the world who is capable of saving humanity from its sense of guilt by seeing through evil, so that even murder show more becomes an innocent act. He dreams of a miracle murder-a symbol of man's regained innocence. Slowly he is led to the realization that he, himself, is this new 'saviour,' who must suffer and perhaps die..." -from the dust jacket of the first edition published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, Toronto show lessTags
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I picked up Bertram Brooker's 1936 Think of the Earth because it won the first Governor General's Award for Fiction in Canada, and I'm hoping to read through the GG's during the next couple of years. I was pleasantly surprised by the book - I think I was expecting a good helping of boring but instead was entertained and enlightened.
Think of the Earth is about a man, a wanderer, who feels a deep tie with Christ although they live continents and centuries apart. In fact, he becomes caught in a web of over-identifying with him and is convinced he is meant to become a sacrifice of the sort that relieves people of the guilt they carry around with them. It is this that gives his life fulfillment until he meets a preacher's daughter and feels show more the stirrings of love for another in his heart.
The reason I liked this novel so much was that it went overboard where religion was concerned and then pulled itself back. Nowadays a person doesn't read novels that deal with Christianity and heretical opinions unless they are in the religions aisle in a big book store or in a Christian media store looking at nonfiction. The book surprised me for where the philosophy went and where it ultimately ended up. It was a nice change. Eight out of ten bookmarks.
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Think of the Earth is about a man, a wanderer, who feels a deep tie with Christ although they live continents and centuries apart. In fact, he becomes caught in a web of over-identifying with him and is convinced he is meant to become a sacrifice of the sort that relieves people of the guilt they carry around with them. It is this that gives his life fulfillment until he meets a preacher's daughter and feels show more the stirrings of love for another in his heart.
The reason I liked this novel so much was that it went overboard where religion was concerned and then pulled itself back. Nowadays a person doesn't read novels that deal with Christianity and heretical opinions unless they are in the religions aisle in a big book store or in a Christian media store looking at nonfiction. The book surprised me for where the philosophy went and where it ultimately ended up. It was a nice change. Eight out of ten bookmarks.
http://toomanybooknotenoughtime.blogspot.com/ show less
I picked up Bertram Brooker's 1936 Think of the Earth because it won the first Governor General's Award for Fiction in Canada, and I'm hoping to read through the GG's during the next couple of years. I was pleasantly surprised by the book - I think I was expecting a good helping of boring but instead was entertained and enlightened.
Think of the Earth is about a man, a wanderer, who feels a deep tie with Christ although they live continents and centuries apart. In fact, he becomes caught in a web of over-identifying with him and is convinced he is meant to become a sacrifice of the sort that relieves people of the guilt they carry around with them. It is this that gives his life fulfillment until he meets a preacher's daughter and feels show more the stirrings of love for another in his heart.
The reason I liked this novel so much was that it went overboard where religion was concerned and then pulled itself back. Nowadays a person doesn't read novels that deal with Christianity and heretical opinions unless they are in the religions aisle in a big book store or in a Christian media store looking at nonfiction. The book surprised me for where the philosophy went and where it ultimately ended up. It was a nice change. Eight out of ten bookmarks. http://toomanybooknotenoughtime.blogspot.com/ show less
Think of the Earth is about a man, a wanderer, who feels a deep tie with Christ although they live continents and centuries apart. In fact, he becomes caught in a web of over-identifying with him and is convinced he is meant to become a sacrifice of the sort that relieves people of the guilt they carry around with them. It is this that gives his life fulfillment until he meets a preacher's daughter and feels show more the stirrings of love for another in his heart.
The reason I liked this novel so much was that it went overboard where religion was concerned and then pulled itself back. Nowadays a person doesn't read novels that deal with Christianity and heretical opinions unless they are in the religions aisle in a big book store or in a Christian media store looking at nonfiction. The book surprised me for where the philosophy went and where it ultimately ended up. It was a nice change. Eight out of ten bookmarks. http://toomanybooknotenoughtime.blogspot.com/ show less
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Bertram Brooker was born in Croydon, England on March 31, 1888. He moved with his parents to Portage la Prairie in 1905 and then moved to Toronto in 1921. He acquired a reputation as a writer, painter, musician, and poet. He was a charter member of the Canadian Group of Painters. He wrote several books including three books about advertising, show more Tangled Miracle, and The Robber. He won the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1936 for Think of the Earth. He died on March 22, 1955. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1936
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- Manitoba, Canada
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