A Pocketful of Rye

Fülszöveg

Dr. Laurence Carroll is a familiar character
to those who read and enjoyed A. J. Cronin's
last book, A Song of Sixpence. He emerges
again in A Pocketful of Rye — feckless, irrev-
erent, living in the moment and squandering
a not inconsiderable medical talent in a sinecural
post in a small Swiss clinic. But the events
which occur and the people that Dr. Carroll
meets along the way serve to lead him back
to himself, to the revelation of a truth, and to
a surprising resolution — through roads never
before imagined.
As physician in charge of the Maybelle, a
small clinic outside of Zurich, Dr. Laurence
Carroll had little to deal with from day to day.
The Matron, also in charge, sometimes eyed
Carroll with suspicion — her button eyes filled
with a glint of that jocular malice that so often
passed for humor. But he ignored her, and
they operated the Maybelle at a respectful and
amicable distance from one another.
Young children would come to the clinic for
treatment... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Dr. Laurence Carroll is a familiar character
to those who read and enjoyed A. J. Cronin's
last book, A Song of Sixpence. He emerges
again in A Pocketful of Rye — feckless, irrev-
erent, living in the moment and squandering
a not inconsiderable medical talent in a sinecural
post in a small Swiss clinic. But the events
which occur and the people that Dr. Carroll
meets along the way serve to lead him back
to himself, to the revelation of a truth, and to
a surprising resolution — through roads never
before imagined.
As physician in charge of the Maybelle, a
small clinic outside of Zurich, Dr. Laurence
Carroll had little to deal with from day to day.
The Matron, also in charge, sometimes eyed
Carroll with suspicion — her button eyes filled
with a glint of that jocular malice that so often
passed for humor. But he ignored her, and
they operated the Maybelle at a respectful and
amicable distance from one another.
Young children would come to the clinic for
treatment and would leave, some expressing
their thanks — most not bothering to or know-
ing how. These, too, were dealt with indiffer-
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ently by the doctor and quickly forgotten. All
except a young boy named Danny Davigan.
Arriving with his mother Cathy, whose
beauty and vivaciousness had brightened Car-
roll's youth in Scotland, young Danny Davigan
becomes the focus of a startling, an almost
devastating truth. Cathy and Danny take up
residence in the Maybelle's guest chalet. They
weave about themselves a web of circumstance
that makes A Pocketful of Rye an unusual
novel of cunning and conscience, life and the
struggle to continue living, and the sadness of
love all but forgotten in the wake of days
gone by.
A Pocketful of Rye is written with the imagi-
native energy and driving force of all of A. J.
Cronin's novels — works which include the be-
loved Keys of the Kingdom and The Citadel,
which swept the English-speaking world. Cro-
nin's dual career of physician and novelist has
contributed a dimension of understanding to his
writing that is unsurpassed and A Pocketful of
Rye, timeless in its appeal, demonstrates once
more A. J. Cronin's remarkable ability to con-
vey and to celebrate the drama, the pathos, and
the glory of human existence. Vissza