MODERNISM, MADNESS AND THE AMERICAN DREAM
It has been a whirlwind week in New York where I went to promote The Restless Hungarian at a conference of the Jewish Book Council. (Read their review here) One is invited to do a carefully rehearsed, two–minute pitch to curators for Jewish Community Centers, synagogues, and other organizations around the country. Think two-minute Ted Talk. I had […]
Since publication day, I’ve been flagrantly neglecting this blog and the concomitant social media dispatches. I have been distracted by Spring here in the foothills of the Sierras. Our twenty acres of rolling land has been carpeted by flowers, and each day, on our walks, Sharon and I discover new blossoms. The first to come […]
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The Restless Hungarian was published this week. The official pub date was April 16. The date arrived with letters of congratulations from my publisher and publicist, a review in BookTrib under the catchy headline: Son Unpacks Dad’s Secrets and a flurry of breathless book blogger notices. I also got the news that The New York […]
The audio book of THE RESTLESS HUNGARIAN, Modernism, Madness and the American Dream, narrated by the author, is now available on Audible and Amazon. We are giving away 25 free downloads of the book. THE GIVEAWAY RULES Send an email to the Restless Hungarian through the CONTACT button on the website. Make sure […]
I can see the light at the end of the passage, but as the April 16th publication date of The Restless Hungarian gets closer I am filled with conflicting emotions. I have lived a long time with the characters in my book, and though they were once living breathing people on the planet, they were […]
THE RESTLESS HUNGARIAN book is being launched After an epic journey of five years across three continents The Restless Hungarian is being published by Spark Press. The book can be purchased in print and ebook from major online booksellers (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google, Powells Books, Indiebound) and select independent bookstores. The audiobook, read […]
In last week’s post I wrote about candidates we auditioned for After The Velvet Revolution. This week is about a few hours on the last day of my initial trip to Prague when we edited the trailer for the project View Part Four here. If you missed Part One, Part Two, or Part Three click […]
In last week’s post I shared excerpts from the journal that I kept during the genesis of the project. It was about how Jiří Ježek and I came to conceive and work together on After The Velvet Revolution. This week I’ll share what it was like to start work on the film in Prague. View Part […]
In last week’s post I wrote about how I came to make the film After The Velvet Revolution. Now I want to share with you some excerpts from a journal that I kept during the early days of the project. View Part Two here. If you missed Part One, here is the link. Read about […]