The Empyrean Tango: A Collection of Intertwined Short Stories - Couverture rigide

Mix, Will

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0595663559 ISBN 13 : 9780595663552

Editeur : iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

• One: Moon and Starlets--Liam and Violet are lovers who contend with emotional strife. As a psychologist, Violet instills a sense of right and wrong while Liam, reminded of the deaths of his father and brother, toils over his sister's near fatal drug overdose.
• Two: Rhapsody Gasping--Riley has just returned from a transcontinental trek. After a soul-searching year he rediscovers Erin at a party. Will their reunion revitalize the stingless beehive in their hearts now that he is a rewritten man?
• Three: Every Day is Saturday--Elvis, an independently wealthy man unusually alone with his incisive thoughts, mulls over his solitary life. Due to his slack schedule every day is Saturday.
• Four: Car Accident Curiosity--Tim Huxley gets bizarre yet amusing phone calls. After an absurd amount of fervent pleading he finally chooses to meet the voice on the other end of the line.
• Five: Dylan Likes to Fish--Dylan, a bartender in a Chicago Pub, likes to fish...for women. A knock on his door one morning may help him to see his way.
• Six: Orange Juice--Tanner, a hitchhiker beaten and stranded in the Mojave, finds a ride with a philosophical loon who has a photographic memory and who talks out loud to no one in particular. A former mishap with LSD has also caused the driver to view himself as a glass of orange juice that is about to spill.
• Seven: Here Comes Trouble--The climax to these intertwined short stories, a disturbing secret is revealed.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

One: Moon and Starlets-Liam and Violet are lovers who contend with emotional strife. As a psychologist, Violet instills a sense of right and wrong while Liam, reminded of the deaths of his father and brother, toils over his sister's near fatal drug overdose.Two: Rhapsody Gasping-Riley has just returned from a transcontinental trek. After a soul-searching year he rediscovers Erin at a party. Will their reunion revitalize the stingless beehive in their hearts now that he is a rewritten man? Three: Every Day is Saturday-Elvis, an independently wealthy man unusually alone with his incisive thoughts, mulls over his solitary life. Due to his slack schedule every day is Saturday.Four: Car Accident Curiosity-Tim Huxley gets bizarre yet amusing phone calls. After an absurd amount of fervent pleading he finally chooses to meet the voice on the other end of the line.Five: Dylan Likes to Fish-Dylan, a bartender in a Chicago Pub, likes to fish for women. A knock on his door one morning may help him to see his way.Six: Orange Juice-Tanner, a hitchhiker beaten and stranded in the Mojave, finds a ride with a philosophical loon who has a photographic memory and who talks out loud to no one in particular. A former mishap with LSD has also caused the driver to view himself as a glass of orange juice that is about to spill.Seven: Here Comes Trouble-The climax to these intertwined short stories, a disturbing secret is revealed.

Biographie de l'auteur

Will Mix lives and writes in New England.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0595663559
• ISBN 13: 9780595663552
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible