SuitabookA hole in the world
Sid Hite
- Reading
- If haunting stories may be unsettling, read alongside Paul’s investigation and pause to discuss the farmhand’s importance. Afterwards, compare what Paul learns with how his outlook changes.
- Themes
- Truth, memory and change: Paul investigates a mystery connected with a dead farmhand and learns something described as permanently changing him. The story clearly links discovering truth with personal change, but it is not clear whether its treatment of memory or responsibility is reassuring, critical or ambiguous.
- An outsider entering a troubled community: Paul is sent to a distant relative’s farm, where he meets Rebecca and receives help from Einstein while encountering a community affected by loss. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Worth knowing
- The death of a much-loved farmhand, haunting imagery and an isolated setting may merit attention.