The Beholder

By Jean Lévêque

In this poetic journey of loss and discovery, an unnamed man wakes in darkness and begins another day. The small acts of his morning ritual draw him in a numinous meditation of past and present -from the scent of coffee that evokes his childhood on a farm, to the hum of the local market that echoes with memories of his distant voyages. Gradually, his story emerges in the mind's eye like a tapestry woven with threads of literature, love, and fate.

Decades earlier, when working as a young stevedore in a small coastal town, a chance encounter leads him to a life of success as a seafaring trader, taking him on a journey through the moral maze of human affairs. But a sudden turn of events confronts him with the pain of betrayal and irrevocable loss. He returns to the town where it all began, his destiny marred by a cruel act. Yet, with hope sustained by companionship, poetry, and a lingering voice from his early youth, he shapes an existence anchored in simplicity and quiet joy.

This is an odyssey of the spirit - a luminous tale that reveals how life can be transformed through a simple act: how we choose to see the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GRCQ6SB6
• ISBN13: 9783952640425
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Sbvv
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"