Dimensions
237 x 158 x 43mm
Tait has just been released from a psychiatric institution. He has received a grant to write poetry and is eager to find a home, create a settled routine and focus on his work.
But he has come to perceive the world as a scene of struggle between forces that uphold the goodness of life and those that do it deadly harm. Indeed, it increasingly appears to Tait as an enormous fable of heroes and villains, songs and sufferings, love and grief, honour and betrayal.
Tait finds inspiration and solace in things that are 'quaint and outmoded'. Certain poets embody these values. But what shines brightest for him is the example of those in history -- like the Jacobites -- who continued loyal to a cause that seemed lost.
As Tait becomes immersed in his new life, he finds both acceptance and romance. Yet he feels beleaguered, and wrenching decisions loom. Should he welcome intimacy and accept whatever happiness is offered, or is he meant to follow another road?
THE FABLE OF ALL OUR LIVES is by turns passionate and lyrical and touches the heart of the larger question of what is one's role in that fable encompassing so many generations.
