Heaven Lake (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: John Dalton
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1989-1990
- Setting: Toulio, Taiwan, and mainland China
- Principal Characters: Vincent Saunders, Shao-fei Chen, Alec McGowan, Reverend Laurence Phillips, Mrs. Liang, Mr. Gwa, Gloria Hamilton, Trudy, Kai-ling Song, Jia-ling Song
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Missions or missionaries, Religion, Asia or Asians, Youth, China or Chinese people, Self-revelations, Taiwan or Taiwanese people
- Locales: China, Taiwan
Heaven Lake, John Dalton's first novel, spans a critical year in the life of the protagonist, Vincent Saunders, a self-righteous young man from Red Bud, Illinois, the only member of his family to graduate from college. Although his family has urged him to remain in the United States, he volunteers for the Overseas Christian Fellowship in Taiwan because he believes “he might have the ability to see deeply into other people's lives and offer them a love and wisdom they might not even have known they were seeking.” His pious mouthings are somewhat off-putting, and he seems an...
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