Pieces - Softcover

Inhaltsangabe

Life is made up of all those minute things we often fail to notice, the narrator states at the end of the novel. A recollection of a few weeks in the lives of a group of friends the story blends the voices of five distinct artists, five friends who have sustained all the hardships and vicissitudes of modern life only to discover that what is most important to each and every one has been right before their eyes all along. How does an artist survive sudden recognition, how does one remain true to one’s art in the face of fame and fortune, how does one not lose one’s soul? These are the questions at the center of the narrative, dilemmas that seem to tear apart a group of long-time friends. To avoid a permanent rupture to the cohesiveness of their friendship the protagonist must overcome his own doubts and fears and he invites his friends to a trip to a remote Alaskan lodge. In the face of incredible natural beauty and confronted head on by the most common and human of all vices, lust, envy and ambition the five friends survive their own particular demons and emerge stronger and more inspired. A story of friendship, honesty and love Pieces will remind the reader that although life might be stranger than fiction, art is only a tiny reflection of the wonders of life.

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