As The Birds Fly - Bruce Hampson
Logline
AS THE BIRDS FLY – A novel by Bruce R. Hampson. Born into a family of Litvaks, Lithuanian Jews, Reginald Emanuel, a young boy of 12 years old, living in Canada, commences his quintessential quest through life looking for truth The doctors blamed dissociative fugue to explain his fantastical visits with his great grandfather who lived one hundred years before him, but Reginald knew it was time travel…and he has the proof. This is not just one more incredible story about an astonishing human being doing predictable things. it is a simple commonplace narrative, about a human becoming. Seeking happiness, love, money and success, and experiencing rejection, failure and let-downs, like we all do, along the way. Do we ever really discover who we are? Is our only obligation in life to discover our destiny? Is death to be feared more than living an inadequate life?
Genre
Historical Fiction, Memoir, Biographical,
Short Summary
Each one of us asks the questions, Who am I? Where did I come from? As the Birds Fly, an imaginative new novel, explores this universal quest for identity through the fantastical story of a Canadian boy of immigrant parents.
Setting
Canada, Lithuania, South Africa
Based on a True Story
Yes
Plot - Premise
Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Philosophical Questions
Mature Audience Themes
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Main Character Details
Name: Reginald Emanuel
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous, Complex, Religious, Underdog
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