Project Gutenberg 2010-01-06 Copyrighted. Read the copyright notice inside this book for details. 574 Brown, Paul Cameron 1948 Browne, Paul Cameron The Land of Look Behind To cross the bay -- Upturn the rock -- Seaeggs -- The hire -- The nightlamp -- The strongbox -- The sandpit -- The wager -- Errands -- Ponchontas -- The bloodfish -- The garden patch -- The monarch -- Brébeuf -- City the insects invade -- Plaudits -- Summer's clock -- Automobile soft legs -- The pelly, the powder and the snake -- Jabiru -- Adua -- Rip. Produced by Sorour Imani "The Land of Look Behind" by Paul Cameron Brown is a collection of interwoven stories and prose written in the late 20th century. The work merges various genres like satire, beast fables, and short narratives, exploring concepts of myths, creation, and personal identity through a lens that reflects upon both the natural world and human experience. The collection examines the philosophical undercurrents of existence and perception while presenting characters navigating their reality, often in relation to the past and cultural mythologies. At the start of this narrative, the reader is introduced to the contrasting perspectives of an old man and a young, impulsive individual at a marina. The old man is laden with memories of past tragedies connected to the lake's dangerous waters, warning the young man against his reckless ambition to cross it during perilous conditions. Conflict arises between the generations as the youth dismisses the older man's concerns, embodying youthful defiance. This opening effectively sets the tone for broader themes of life, consequence, and identity threaded throughout the rest of the collection, hinting at the deeper explorations of human aspiration and folly. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/30874/30874-h/images/coverpage1.jpg Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Fiction Short stories, Canadian PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 145638 2025-08-12T14:06:27.845643 text/html 138889 2010-01-06T09:50:56 text/html 95640 2025-08-12T14:06:30.240609 application/epub+zip 97557 2025-08-12T14:06:28.207657 application/epub+zip 97557 2025-08-12T14:06:28.009617 application/epub+zip 149824 2025-08-12T14:06:32.105581 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139029 2025-08-12T14:06:30.056607 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138313 2022-09-14T08:53:59.355663 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131082 2025-08-12T14:06:27.633609 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132319 2010-01-06T09:50:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132310 2010-01-06T09:50:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20406 2025-08-12T14:06:32.235581 application/rdf+xml 15473 2025-08-12T14:06:28.085600 image/jpeg 2841 2025-08-12T14:06:28.048627 image/jpeg 55576 2010-01-06T09:51:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 89330 2010-01-06T09:51:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 55548 2010-01-06T09:51:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 90325 2025-08-12T14:06:27.862682 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog