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The Leper (2008)

by Steve Thayer(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0878392661 (ISBN13: 9780878392667)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc.

review 1: This was a difficult book to start. Knowing what was to come, from the title and book jacket, made the beginning very bitter sweet. The protagonist is a difficult person to like because he makes some pretty selfish and immoral choices. Maybe that makes him more real. However, once I reached the point in the story where he is diagnosed, the book became difficult to put down. This is the first novel about leprosy that I have read, and it was interesting. One thing that struck me after finishing the book is how are fears doom us to repeat the mistakes we should have learned from in history.
review 2: Fascinating juxaposed against Molokai I am torn as to which book I loved more. Both are incredibly haunting. I was in tears by the end of The Leper, seriously I ... moreseem to be drawn to books about insiders and outsiders, and if a leper isn't the quintessential outsider I can't think of anyone more deserving of the title. This is a fast paced, sometimes incredible story of one man's journey to find peace and serenity after being diagnosed with leprosy. His heroic tale is simply fantastic as he travels from World War I France, to Minnesota, and then to a leprosarium in Louisiana by the name of Carville, to the famed island of Molokai. This book is hauntingly beautiful. less

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