Bøger af Michael Onofrey

Movement Glimpsed shifts between fiction and historical events to describe characters and an era, both of which are delineated in increments that reflect internal and external realities that are sometimes brought into question due to subjectivity and/or point of view. These brief proceedings, which suggest a chronology, begin to meld, yet at the same time there emerges a sense of arbitrary, events and characters neglectful of one another. This rendering, individuals coupled with a milieu, might be termed "the current era," an era winding down while a new era emerges, place of origin the United States, terminus someplace out there in the world. In reflection of the times that the book embraces, a sense of rapidity characterizes the prose.

Venice, California, 1965-Albert Zay, nineteen years old, has moved to Venice from the San Fernando Valley to pursue a penchant for drawing and watercolors, day job enlisted for reasons of necessity. In a mixture of circumstances that embrace a love affair and the fading of the Beat scene, which morphs into the hip scene, Albert and Albert's lover, Valorie, change, and it's this shifting movement that underlies the story. Like the characters and the times in which they lived, a sense of freedom and exploration are reflected in the novel's structure and narrative style. Nothing claims stasis because everything is in transition-music, art, lifestyles, relationships, travel-individuals without fame or riches seeking alternatives, that mature.

After three decades of an over-extended youth abroad, fifty-six-year-old Wade Ricky returns home to the Los Angeles suburbs to care for his dying mother and come to terms with his memories of an awkwardly sensual affair with Herta, a German woman he meets while biking across India; a two-year stint in Peshawar as an assistant to a blind British expat; and a cheerfully surreal world of drugs and sexual voyeurism in which Wade is continually a complicit outsider. As months turn into years, Wade finds companionship with a landscape painter grieving for her son killed in Iraq and slowly rebuilds his life in America--even as he begins to understand, finally, why he must be alone. In pared-down, richly evocative prose that captures the hidden complexities of social and geopolitical relations, Michael Onofrey's debut novel is a loving, even joyful meditation about the transience of human connection and the experience of solitude.

In a gesture of revisiting memories, Lloyd, aged and alone, is in a small town on the southern coast of Crete when he meets Leona, a chance encounter in a taverna, and so the story opens. Other characters are introduced by way of Leona, who is middle-aged and with troubles of an emotional sort. Time passes as Leona and Lloyd's relationship congeals into what might be termed "friendship." The book's themes embrace art, camaraderie, age, and memories, with Crete in actuality and in recollection weaving throughout. Crete and Beyond is a contemporary novel, issues such as COVID and old age and generosity prevalent.

Sightseeing is a tale of lust and art set in Paris, France. Intrigue haunts the prose where hilarity and evil arise in a twist of collaboration. Minus any personal background, a woman and a man explore one another while regarding masterpieces of fine art and the historic sites of Paris.Sightseeing, stealthily and meticulously explores Paris and art in a tale that delves into questions of personal choice and identity with a knowing immediacy that has us questioning our own perceptions and views of art and storytelling.Ed Meek, author of Luck, What We Love and Spy Pond A mystery woman lures a willing stranger into a fantasy world where time is fluid, and art informs life. With its noir intrigue reminiscent of French new age cinema and its masterful prose, this remarkable novella will keep you guessing.Alexis Rhome Fancher, author of Enter Here and Junkie WifeOnofrey's prose has a mannered veneer that is made strange, made fascinating by how exacting and mysterious it is. Fans of Kazuo Ishiguro, or Dead Ringers-era David Cronenberg, here's a book for you.Alex Higley, author of Old Open