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Love
Begins in Winter
ISBN: 13: 9780061661471
"...Characters on the verge of
giving up--anchored to dreams that never came true, and to people who have
long disappeared from their lives--Van Booy's characters walk the streets of
these stark and beautiful stories, until strange, chance meetings with
strangers--and these lost souls are suddenly faced with the responsibility
for lives they thought had continued on without them."
In the first story, world
famous French cellist Bruno Bonnet lives only through music, bringing
audiences across the world to their feet with the virtuosity of his playing.
But in private, Bruno is a broken man, hopelessly withdrawn from
society, unable to maintain relationships---a prisoner to a past event he
witnessed and can never forget. But decades of emotional isolation come to a
sudden end when Bruno collides with Hannah at the Beverly Hills Hotel. As
their lives entangle and secrets are revealed, they begin a journey together
with the hope that love can survive the winter of their lives.
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RELEASE DATE: SPRING 2009 |
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The Secret Lives of People in Love
ISBN: 1-933527-05-6
The Secret Lives of People in Love is an evocative
debut story collection set in present day New York City, Paris, Rome
and Greece. Simon Van Booy explores love's labor and love's loss with
masterful simplicity and in touching detail. His prose is spare, economical
and evanescent. His characters are often unbearably lonely, vulnerable
and private. Their realities are so
filled with memories that they seem transcendental and independent of
time. Simon Van Booy's voice is reverent, haunting and profoundly humane.
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