Emily Ate The Wind
Peter Conners
Marick Press
15120 Kercheval Avenue, Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230
9780971267640, $14.95, www.marickpress.com
There are some works of literature that simply don't fit
within the usual categories of genre fiction but stand alone as seminal
and unique. Such is the case of "Emily Ate The Wind" by Peter
Connors. Told in a series of vignettes, love letters, questions and
answer formats, newspaper clippings, short stories, and prose poems,
"Emily Ate The Wind showcases a series of drinkers, gamblers,
lifelong friends and frustrated lovers whose lives intersect at The Bar.
Peter Conners tells these stories with a deft skill that ranges from
gritty realism to an almost surreal lyricism as the characters mature
from childhood to adulthood, experiencing marriage, war, loyalty and
betrayal. Of special note are the entries "Some Thoughts about
Money'; 'Headlines from Tomorrow'; and 'The Regular
and the New Bouncer'. "Emily Ate The Wind" is a complex,
occasionally iconoclastic, sometimes heartfelt, and always engaging work
of sophisticated storytelling that is highly recommended for readers who
appreciate sophistication and originality.
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