Dancing with Dasein and Other Stories, by Mark Morganstern
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Dancing with Dasein and Other Stories, by Mark Morganstern
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In this collection of fourteen stories—mostly set among working folks in the Hudson River Valley of New York—music, food, philosophy, and magic weave through tales that are by turns gritty, aching, and comical. Characters grapple with unfulfilled dreams in a dizzying, often alien culture. Meet a Bronx Italian Zen master with a baby and an ex-football-star partner…a young curator assigned to coddle an infamous avant-garde artist whose assistant threatens her marriage…a Homer scholar who disappears in a blizzard over a stone wall, never to be seen again…a failed graduate student who nearly gets paralyzed delivering a case of gourmet cat food to his Heidegger professor to settle a vague psychic debt…a reincarnating Ancient Egyptian chef who travels thousand of years from the banks of the Nile to a surf-crazed town in Southern California to open a bakery…and others. All are drawn with empathy and wry humor, observed through a sharp lens as they wrestle and waltz with the blunt challenge of being human—Dancing with Dasein.
Dancing with Dasein and Other Stories, by Mark Morganstern- Amazon Sales Rank: #1139031 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-26
- Released on: 2015-10-26
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review "'Dancing with Dasein' is more than a book of engagingly quirky short stories; it is a visit with a wise old friend who maintains a compassionate worldview of this absurd little planet in the cosmos and its walking wounded inhabitants. Every page is suffused with an abiding affection." --Jay Blotcher, journalist and memoirist"Morganstern’s well known love of music has influenced his ear for language; throughout the collection, the flow is seamless.... His rich imagination keeps the tales dancing on the edge of magical realism, while his eye for the telling details of gritty, complicated lives anchors them firmly to their workaday settings. And as if that weren’t enough, the man is hilariously funny." --Anne Pyburn Craig, BlueStone Press
Review "'Of all the tofu joints in the world, he'd walked into mine.' Morganstern's funny, sad, exceedingly human stories set in the Hudson Valley and their portrayals of our foibles, vanities and dreams, nascent and crushed, bring to mind such classic regionals as Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, Salinger's Upper West Side, and Trollope's Barsetshire. Dancing with Dasein will make you want to live in a place like Rosendale, New York, or stay as far away as humanly possible." --Jennifer Belle, best-selling author of 'High Maintenance' and other books"Readers will have such a good time with these stories. It’s not even the storyline in some cases, but the words Morganstern uses to tell them. He has a unique and powerful voice. Morganstern is in his prime with hilarious and spot-on character development that you’ll recognize as authentic and off the rails." --Kevin Hurley, author of 'Cut and Cover'"Mark Morganstern has an original voice and every story displays his great talent. The stories are original and quirky--and very enjoyable." --Laura Shaine Cunningham, author of 'Sleeping Arrangements'
About the Author Mark Morganstern is a native of Schenectady, New York. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music, played bass fiddle, and toured with jazz and classical ensembles before deciding that music was not his best choice of profession. An avid reader and writer, he switched majors, studied with Edna O’Brien, Maureen Howard, and Jonathan Wordsworth, and graduated from the City University of New York with an MA in English/Creative Writing. His fiction has appeared in Prima Materia, The Crescent City Review, Piedmont Literary Review, New Southern Literary Messenger, Hunger Magazine, Expresso Tilt, Mothering Magazine, and other journals, and was anthologized in Tribute to Orpheus II. He received an honorable mention for his story, “Tomorrow’s Special,” published in the Chronogram 11/06 Fiction Contest issue, selected by guest judge, Valerie Martin. Mark subs at the local high school (everything from physics to gym, occasionally even English) and books concerts for The Rosendale Cafe, a vegetarian eatery he owns with his wife Susan and their children. He hopes to retain that position despite his kids' threats to fire him for writing fiction on the job.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. His stories are funny and poignant and show such a unique appreciation for ... By Eva Dorsey I have been a fan of Mark's for years. His stories are funny and poignant and show such a unique appreciation for the families of the Hudson Valley. I'm recommending it to my book club because it is a collection that offers good stories and great writing and lots to talk about regarding both!
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Devilish Dancing By wopple A wickedly funny collection of short stories, somewhere between Peter De Vries and Raymond Carver, with David Mitchell's Bone Clocks thrown in. Behind the cynical wit and mayhem is a serious writer addressing personal issues of family, society and the travails of the life of an aspiring artist obliged to make a living elsewhere, as we do. From a recollection of life as jazz bass guitarist through a career of restauranteur, strange tales, often involving cooking, merciless portrayals of New Age follies and a brilliant coda of reincarnation (usually as a personal chef, from pre-history to Dick Cheney's…) Mr Morganstern moved me to tears, of laughter and otherwise.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. An unexpected, and thoroughly enjoyable collection of short stories By Gabrielle Greene An unexpected pleasure - this book was referred to me by a friend, and although I generally am not big on short stories - I loved this collection. The writing was so clear and the stories very compelling. I thoroughly enjoyed it - an unexpected, wonderful read.
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