Silent Crossing
By Barbara Frances
Hamlet said, “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.”
Ezekiel, the main character in the following novel-play, is strutting his final hour upon the stage. Like the Biblical Ezekiel, he’s been a mover and a shaker. Even in the face of death, he wants to control, not on a grand scale as he once did, but in a utopian village that he’s created. He gathers together the people of his village, believing he’s going to help them. All of those he’s assembled also have Old Testament Biblical names: There’s Jonah who’s been swallowed by the whale of injustice and prejudice; Naomi who’s suffered the terrible loss of a child; Leah who’s physical appearance ignited abuse from a family member; Daniel who struggles with the lions of religion and alcohol; Rebecca, whose pregnancy forces her to runs away her from a well-to-do family; Saul or Rolling Thunder who presents a commanding presence but is frightened by his weakness; Ruth or Singing Cloud who’s loyal to her grandmother and husband to the end; Elizabeth who has waited for deliverance from her suffering; Nathanial, the baby who’s eager to experience all he can.
Now onto the novel, which is divided into three acts like a play, thus a novel-play.
Barbara’s latest creation is a unique Novel-Play that begins with the main character, Ezekiel, approaching the end of his life seeking redemption for his past by attempting to help others. The rest of the characters have been abused and misled throughout most of their lives. Is Ezekiel really helping them or just continuing his habit of total control?
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