BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: 'Silence' and 'Woodsqueer'
A powerful new novel by award-winning Maine author and poet William Carpenter, and Gretchen Legler's essays about crafting a sustainable rural life
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Book Review: Silence
A new novel by writer William Carpenter examines the lingering bitterness created by the 9/11 attacks and how people struggle to manage profound loss.
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Book review: An injured Iraqi war vet returns home to Maine and struggles to adjust
In "Silence," William Carpenter's latest novel, a deaf vet takes refuge on an undeveloped island, where things are not as simple as they seem.
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Silence of the Living - The Ellsworth American
Silence of the Living Powerful new novel takes on war and its consequences Special to The Ellsworth American To say William Carpenter’s third novel, “Silence,” is a 9/11 book would be correct, but would sell it short in scope and intent. Yes, the chief protagonist Nick Colonna enlisted because of the attack on the Twin Towers, and his subsequent traumatization and hearing loss from an ambush in Iraq are the result of that patriotic act. But “Silence” (Islandport Press, 2021, $17.95) also is about a Maine island, Thoreau, the Red Paint People and Mohamed Atta, who flew one of the pla...
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