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The Truants

The Truants

Mason, A. E. W.

Paperback

General FictionHistorical Fiction

Publisher Price: $20.99

ISBN10: 9373405497
ISBN13: 9789373405490
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Aug 1 2025
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The truants is a novel that examines how desire, obligation, and distance shape human connection. The book explores the inner lives of individuals burdened by stagnation and quiet longing. It begins with an atmosphere marked by unseen emotional constraints, as one figure, bright and energetic on the surface, navigates unspoken dissatisfaction with the world prescribed to her. Her relationship with an older man, quietly enduring his own disillusionment, underscores the tension between personal potential and the slow erosion of hope. Elsewhere, the narrative shifts to another household, ruled by tradition and silence, where a man prepares to leave behind the inertia of inherited responsibility. His departure, and the reaction it evokes in his partner, lays bare the emotional cost of stasis. As the story progresses, each character faces a crossroads between retreat and self-assertion. The contrast between public roles and private yearning emerges in sharp relief, with the novel portraying isolation not as mere physical separation but as an emotional barrier reinforced by fear, duty, and restraint. The novel quietly questions what is left behind when individuals are denied the freedom to shape their own lives.

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