Title: Darke
Description: Dr James Darke has expelled himself from the world. He writes compulsively in his 'coming of old age' journal; he eats little, drinks and smokes a lot. Meditating on what he has lost - the loves of his life, both dead and alive - he tries to console himself with the wisdom of the great thinkers and poets, yet finds nothing but disappointment. But cracks of light appear in his carefully managed darkness; he begins to emerge from his self-imposed exile, drawn by the tender, bruised filaments of love for his daughter and grandson.
Subjects: Old age, Death, Conduct of life, Reminiscing in old age, Social isolation, Families, Fiction, Fiction, general, Social isolation -- Fiction, Old age -- Conduct of life -- Fiction, Reminiscing in old age -- Fiction, Death -- Fiction, Families -- Fiction, English literature