Bøger af Merv Daub

The second in a series of literary fiction involving an alter ego Owen Mohr, a college professor with a troubled psyche, Mohr Oncemore continues on from the earlier book, Mohr Nevermore, with young Owen off to Europe for his first real taste of personal freedom but very unsure of his ability to cope with the larger world despite the support of Muff, his French girlfriend, and the encouragement of his correspondent companion, the psychologist colleague, Luther. Through the years that follow, one is taken along on the ongoing voyage that is Mohr's coming to grips with the layers of his existence all the while dealing with an anxiety that diminishes with time but never completely goes away. Close relatives and friends, including the much-loved Muff and Luther himself, die their places taken by a strengthening sense of self and the development of a new, more traditional relationship with Mary Jo met in the later years of his professional life. One is left at the end of Mohr Oncemore with Mohr starting retirement and the final phase of a better understood, but still basically unresolved, sense of life and its many complex aspects. The story continues to be a must read for anyone interested in the circumstances going to make up a modern man however flawed he might be.

From the pulls of romantic love to the perplexities of religious beliefs, how does one man make sense of his life's trajectory? Such is the mandate for Owen Mohr, a college professor whose troubled psyche is finally winning out. And he soon discovers that the only way to reclaim it is to revisit his own life story, one chapter at a time. MOHR NEVERMORE, the debut work of literary fiction in a series by Merv Daub, is a fascinating, reflective foray into the circumstances that make a man, casting a thought-provoking new light on the role of the hero in modern man. A more philosophical Harry Angstrom in John Updike's RABBIT series, Owen Mohr has crafted an existence that should suit him fine. An accomplished university lecturer with perfect companion in a French girlfriend he calls the Muff, the good professor should be more than content. However, his increasingly acute panic attacks render this all but impossible. Reluctantly driven to banish them, Mohr surreptitiously arranges to meet a psychologist colleague named Luther under the guise of academic discourse. Soon their conversations over tea raise questions and reveal truths about his world, his life and the very meaning of it all. From childhood events like the death of Mohr's grandfather, to his college epiphanies with kindred spirits, MOHR NEVERMORE reveals the psychological, emotional and philosophical aspects that come together in the life of the mind. Warmth, ironic humour, and existential overtones imbue this deeply personal and yet universal story. Through the joys, the sorrows, and the special solace of his talks with a new and cherished firend, Owen Mohr slowly unpeels the layers of his own existence, engaging the ccontemplative reader in his singular road to self-knowledge. It's a must read for anyone who relishes a richly complex stroy, and the revelations that can come from meaningful discourse.

The third and final volume of literary fiction involving an alter ego Owen Mohr, Mohr Evermore concludes a reflective foray into the circumstances that go to make a modern man begun in Mohr Nevermore and carried forward in Mohr Oncemore. The conclusion is a must read not only for those who wish to complete Owen Mohr's story but also for those who would understand what it may be like for a man growing older in today's world.

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