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A hilarious evocation of life as a
student at Cambridge University in the
sixties, shortly after the time of such
notable figures as F. R. Leavis, C.S.
Lewis and E.M. Forster.
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JOURNEY TOWARDS
HIMSELF
Book Description On a bursary, at Cambridge, Jonty loses the girl he had found, continues his search for himself amongst academics and students, and finding them less admirable and more comical than expected, he learns to discern their qualities, while, without finding his niche, also learns to see virtues in his own roots. “Some of the scenes are quite hilarious. This is a graphic and entertaining evocation of university life at Cambridge following the years when the author was a student there, with the august presence of notable figures like F.R. Leavis, C.S. Lewis, and E. M Forster; at the same time the protagonist’s stream of consciousness enhances the experience. The book is every bit as entertaining as Kingsley Amis’s ‘Lucky Jim’.” – Charles Muller, Diadem Books. This is the second part of a trilogy where the main themes are the frailty of love (and of loyalty), and the durability of betrayal. Or to express it differently – the mortality of love and the immortality of betrayal. In the face of the gigantic and intricate mystery of the Universe, the last great act of celebration is to believe, and the last great act of belief is to celebrate.
Roy Holland was born in Birmingham. He went to Africa in 1966 to teach in the universities of the Boleswa countries. In 1971 he went to Greece for three years. He and his family lived on the island of Levkas for six months, the Gulf of Corinth for a similar period, and in Corfu for a little over two years. He wrote full-time until 1974, when he returned to the U.K. and worked on a research project until returning to Africa in 1977. Thereafter he lived in Southern Africa and worked in universities in Zimbabwe, Lebowa and Venda. He was Professor of English at the University of the North, the University of Venda, as well as Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the later 80's. He retired early to write full-time, and now lives in Ledbury, Herefordshire.
Other works by Roy Holland:
A young man in Birmingham, in the sixties, escapes the
humdrum mundanity of life through fantasies, tries to find
himself, and finally escapes his dead-end lifestyle by
gaining a place at a university.
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Roy
Holland
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