About Time

This novel is more than a coming of age story. Certainly the central plot is a delicate love affair between two students whose attraction is both physical and intellectual.
Yet the theme running through the novel is one of the quest of youth for understanding. More than subjective understanding - an understanding of life and all its secrets. The passions of youth allow the unfolding of new views on knowledge and culture.
The idealism of youth is boundless and the plains of discovery stretch i...