Day of the Dragonfly
David Vogel
Day of the Dragonfly
David Vogel
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Day of the Dragonfly begins in rural Brazil in the mid-1930s. Persistent drought in the state of Ceara has Joao's family on the edge of starvation, and the fourteen-year-old boy is sent by his parents on a long, footsore journey to find a better place. Ill health and fear of being embarrassed by his own ignorance drive his psychological deterioration.
Dragonfly ends in 1975 on a cheap chaise longue sitting in front of a camping trailer. Few readers will escape the complex emotions waiting on the last page.
The novel is divided into three "books" - each inspired by the life of a real person and focused on the curses of poverty. In the traditional world of publishing, these stories would be sold, more profitably, as a trilogy. However, their tight integration and engaging cross-links insist on their being contained inside the same cover.
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