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The Stonemason : a Play in Five Acts by McCarthy, Cormac, 1933- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Stonemason : a Play in Five Acts about?

The Stonemason Is A Profoundly Moving Drama Set In Louisville, Kentucky In The 1970s, Concerning Several Generations Of A Black Family. Mccarthy's Narrator, Ben, Reveals A Painful Episode In His Family's History, Grounding Us At The Same Time In The Beautiful Dynamic Between Him And His Grandfather, Papaw. Ben, Ben's Father, And Papaw Are All Stonemasons, But In Descriptions Of The Trade We Learn As Much About This Family's Capacity For Love As We Do About Constructing Sound Foundations For Houses, Barns And Bridges. Papaw's Knowledge About Stonemasonry Is Analogous To His Deep Spiritual Wisdom, And Ben Recognizes Both As He Looks Back On His Apprenticeship In The Trade At Which I Thought Myself A Master And Of Which I Stood In Darkest Ignorance. And As I Came To Know Him ... As I Came To Know Him ... Oh I Could Hardly Believe My Good Fortune. I Swore Then I'd Cleave To That Old Man Like A Bride. I Swore He'd Take Nothing To His Grave. Papaw's Son Big Ben And Great-grandson Soldier Do Not Respond As Whole-heartedly To The Old Man's Wealth Of Knowledge And Patient Guidance And The Tragedy Of The Story Is Largely Rooted In This Fact. Both Of These Characters Have Lost Connection With

Who reads The Stonemason : a Play in Five Acts?

Author

McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-

Publisher

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780880013598

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.8 / 5 (35 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14