Breakaway Days
Breakaway Days by Marvin Leibstone, published by Xlibris US on February 23, 2021, is a 256-page exploration of a young American’s journey through various landscapes, both familiar and foreign. The narrative unfolds as a recollection from several decades later, focusing on the protagonist’s experiences in the 1950s, where themes of adventure, dreams, and the complexities of life are central to the story.
In this edition, readers will find a blend of literature and fiction that captures the essence of a young adult’s hasty introduction to life’s wins and losses. The protagonist, a nineteen-year-old grappling with his passion for baseball and concerns about the draft, navigates through unexpected encounters that challenge his illusions and aspirations. The storytelling evokes a sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of classic American literature, while presenting a unique perspective on the trials of youth and the search for meaning.
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Breakaway Days is an attempt at America-picaresque, a young American’s road, city and foreign territory, story remembered several decades later, violence-light given that nearly all of the novel’s recalled time-frame is the 1950’s for a young adult’s hasty introduction to adventuring, to many of life’s wins and unavoidable losses. So, starting as a nineteen year-old stuck in the particulars of a sport (Baseball), of his being a dreamer without a conclusive dream, plus his having concerns about “the Draft,” and of what a meaningful life should consist of, Breakaway Days protagonist encounters the unexpected and finds numerous illusions kept and many illusions shredded. . . Readers may be reminded of Twain’s Huck Finn were Huck nearing his 20’s, of Hemingway’s Nick Adams tales, and the writings of Jack London, being surprised, however, by the outcomes.
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