Book description
>Or so he believes, until a crucial few days force him into
confrontations of a sort he has never faced before. For one thing, his
doctor tells him he is seriously ill and must undergo a new and delicate
operation if he is to survive. And he is deeply troubled about his
twenty-year-old son Simon. The boy s ex-mistress has killed herself in a
blaze of notoriety that implicates Simon in moral responsibility of her
act. The more father and son talk about it, the more distressed S. J. is
by Simon s inability to see this; the more he ponders his role in
shaping Simon into the man he is. S. J., newly conscious of his
mortality, comes into renewed conflict with his family, and Simon is
bitterly and dangerously involved.
The play of character, of motive and of conflicting values that always
intrigues Storm Jameson makes There Will Be a Short Interval
an extraordinarily moving and provocative novel.> >Or so he
believes, until a crucial few days force him into confrontations of a
sort he has never faced before. For one thing, his doctor tells him he
is seriously ill and must undergo a new and delicate operation if he is
to survive. And he is deeply troubled about his twenty-year-old son
Simon. The boy s ex-mistress has killed herself in a blaze of notoriety
that implicates Simon in moral responsibility of her act. The more
father and son talk about it, the more distressed S. J. is by Simon s
inability to see this; the more he ponders his role in shaping Simon
into the man he is. S. J., newly conscious of his mortality, comes into
renewed conflict with his family, and Simon is bitterly and dangerously
involved.
The play of character, of motive and of conflicting values that always
intrigues Storm Jameson makes There Will Be a Short Interval
an extraordinarily moving and provocative novel.>
