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This encyclopedic novel--about Britain's relationship to the wider world, borders and their conflicts, the body and its passions, and ultimately about imagination--takes place in the mind of Celestine, an English woman on holiday. As she walks the length of Offa's Dyke, the ancient earthwork that divides England and Wales, she ruminates, sometimes comically, on her childhood in India, her sojourns in Jerusalem and New York, her travels in Zimbabwe, and her ruined love affairs. Frequently she ponders characters and passages from books, until at a pivotal moment she finds herself unable to stop reciting Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark," which takes on an ever-increasing and sinister significance.
About the author
As well as editing literary journal Ambit since its launch in 1959, Dr Martin Bax is also a world-renowned Consultant Paediatrician. He lives in London and the Welsh Marches.
Summary
'Love on the Borders' follows spirited Celestine as she walks the length of Offa's Dyke - the ancient earthwork which traces the boundary between England and Wales - and recalls past passions, conjuring up discarded lovers and imagining what might have been.
