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A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 4957350 2 5023150 book 1 1 2009 Tinkers total:172|5:46|4:50|3:39|2:24|1:13| 172 608 525 61 3222005 3.59 203 64 55181069 572724 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.45 143
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 1 1 false Wed May 06 15:04:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 15:08:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 46441146 222854 3381339 193413712X 9781934137123 11 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255685560m/3381339.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255685560s/3381339.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3381339.Tinkers 3.96 28 "Tinkers is truly remarkable. . . . It confers on the reader the best privilege fiction can afford, the illusion of ghostly proximity to other human souls."-Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Home and Gilead

An old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.

Paul Harding has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches creative writing at Harvard. He lives in Georgetown, Massachusetts.

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A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 4 2 false Fri Oct 31 09:34:07 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 09:36:14 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 50750735 412055 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 5 1 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 17:08:17 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 17:15:42 -0700 2009
Through the intertwining stories of three generations of lost and wandering fathers and sons, Harding explores what it means to be alive, to connect or not--to try to find a place both within oneself and outside, with others, a place...more...]]> 69544674 490156 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 5 1 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 06:19:08 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:01:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51963685 2202212 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 3 0 false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 12:29:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 12:40:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 59038483 895039 3381339 193413712X 9781934137123 11 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255685560m/3381339.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255685560s/3381339.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3381339.Tinkers 3.53 172 "Tinkers is truly remarkable. . . . It confers on the reader the best privilege fiction can afford, the illusion of ghostly proximity to other human souls."-Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Home and Gilead

Paul Harding has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches creative writing at Harvard. He lives in Georgetown, Massachusetts.

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A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 5 2 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 06:11:47 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 17:02:34 -0700 2009
Beyond that, the story is unexpected and engaging. It took me places I did not expect. On the outside, it seems like a simple tale. An elderly man lies dying and thinki...more...]]> 44433080 994266 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 3 0 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 26 14:06:30 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 19:45:45 -0700 2009 1 Tinkers is a novella that tells the stories of three generations of Crosby men at pivotal points in their lives as they age. George lays dying at the end of his life, recalling his own childhood and the story of his father and grandfather, some of which is seen through the eyes of his father, Howard...more...]]> 61203917 901945 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 3 0 false Fri Jun 26 12:24:05 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 12:29:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47387295 1261510 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 2 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 24 11:12:41 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 16 07:05:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41714448 1802440 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 5 0 false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 03 08:43:20 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 09:34:55 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 57696976 2089112 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 4 1 false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 20:53:39 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 20:55:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41626168 44095 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 3 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 12:36:15 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 12:38:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45483783 1346177 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 3 0 false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 13:13:42 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 13:22:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 54829584 109487 3381339 193413712X 9781934137123 11 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255685560m/3381339.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255685560s/3381339.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3381339.Tinkers 3.53 172 "Tinkers is truly remarkable. . . . It confers on the reader the best privilege fiction can afford, the illusion of ghostly proximity to other human souls."-Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Home and Gilead

Paul Harding has an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches creative writing at Harvard. He lives in Georgetown, Massachusetts.

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A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 1 0 false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:28:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 23:34:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 52437859 2180440 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 5 1 false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:08:32 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 18:10:01 -0700 2009 72474399 398857 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 3 0 false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:00:59 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 19:23:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 47126897 1280546 4957350 1934137197 9781934137192 50 <![CDATA[Tinkers]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744m/4957350.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255979744s/4957350.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4957350.Tinkers 3.53 172
A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring.

Tinkers is about the legacy of consciousness and the porousness of identity from one generation the next. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.]]> 2009 4 1 false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 04:53:13 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 07:46:46 -0800 2009 ]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4957350