Like a Box of Chocolates - Couverture souple

Costard, Sebastian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1493505793 ISBN 13 : 9781493505791

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

In "Like a Box of Chocolates" Costard has added twelve more short stories to his published repertoire that he would have preferred to have entitled Mixed Nuts because of the collection of eccentric characters who are his main characters. However, in a critical review of the original stories the collection was characterized metaphorically as "A Box of Chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get until you bite into one!" For example, the main character in "Obsession" is a hard-charging stockbroker, a flaming obsessive compulsive control freak who is straight out of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. With his sugary charm and movie star good looks he manages to capture Alice, his foil. She is a 30-something accountant who has managed to remain chaste of mind, body, and spirit. In her sweet naïveté the lovely Alice cannot fathom Robert’s depravity. In "Revenge," does Alice really get even or does she come face to face with her own demons? "The Jazz Player" is a pianist whose medium of communication is his music. Rebecca, in "Rebecca and the Professor," is an abused child. "The Traders" explores the divide between Jewish ethnicity and secularism. So many stories to tell and not enough pages.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sebastian Costard takes on the challenge of hard-hitting, fast moving short stories. Unlike plots of full-length novels, his short stories have circular plots developed through the dialogues of highly developed characters. His personalities are drawn from real life and often real time experiences. Costard writes with broad brush strokes only weaving detail into the personality through dialogues and actions. Settings and moods are similarly created. His first collection of short stories, "Silent Answers," received wide acclaim. His next work, co-authored with Fairfield Goodale, is a cliffhanger mystery entitled "The Tentative Assassin." "The Broken Circle, a novel with political aspirations, was published in early 2013."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1493505793
• ISBN 13: 9781493505791
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 424
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg