Rory Edmond Hulne: Harry’s biological father
Vincent Rankis or Vitali Karpenko: A mnemonic kalachakra attempting to build the quantum mirror to gain the answer to lifeĬhrista: Kalachakra from the future who tells Harry the end of the world is getting faster Harry August: Born January 1, 1919, a mnemonic kalachakra In an interview with Webb on Gizmodo, she offers her rationale behind having the protagonist be male as well as her description of childhood memories and wondering how they might be different from the perspective of an adult- as Harry views his childhood. Or read Professor’s Wiseman’s theory on parallel universes in the Huffington Post.Ĭlaire North is actually Catherine Webb, who has written under three different names, her own as well as Claire North and Kate Griffin. If you think that the parallel universes in The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August are all stuff of fiction, listen to this story on NPR in which a physicist explains why parallel universes may exist. In this guide the section on technology is particularly helpful as a resource for the novel. If you need a reminder of the major world events of the 20th century in which Harry finds himself immersed, an AP study guide is a good place to start. I have seen the Berlin Wall rise and fall, rise and fall, seen the twin towers collapse in flames and dust, talked with men who scrambled in the mud of the Somme, listened to talks of the Crimean War, heard whispers of the future, seen the tanks full into Tiananmen Square, walked the course of the Long March, tasted madness in Nuremberg, watched Kennedy die and seen the flash of nuclear fire bursting apart across the ocean.” page 360 I have witnessed four suicides, one hundred and twelve arrests, three executions, one Forgetting. I have directly killed seventy-nine men, of whom fifty-three died in war of one kind or another, and indirectly murdered through my actions at least four hundred and seventy-one people who I know of. “I am Harry August, born New Year’s Day 1919.
I recommend you read the book before reading any further.īook: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry AugustĮdition: Redhook Books/Orbit, Hardcover 2014 Internet Resources Note this guide contains significant spoilers. If your book group is looking to branch out of the ordinary, and most of your readers can manage time travel books, this is a novel that offers plenty of discussion material rooted solidly in current issues. The author combines a unique time travel premise done well, a philosophy on the meaning of life and a phenomenal struggle of wits. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is one of my favorite books.
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