Peter Devine

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The Havana Treatment (eBook, ePUB)

Selected Stories 2001-2014

Beschreibung

Came a moment she just slid over, hooked her arm through mine, and gave me one of those dazzling smiles that shed worn back in the days when I was courting her. Didnt fool me for a minute. I hoped it would. Fool me, I mean. At a certain point in his life a man wants nothing as much as he wants be fooled irrevocably, completely and everlastingly fooled. And for me this was one of those times. I dont have an analytical mind, but I do have a talent for daydreaming. From American Love Story Like the penetrating aroma of a Cohiba Robusto or the sweet afterbite of a dirty Mojito, these stories leave an impact on the senses that lingers after the pleasure of the initial sampling. In a parked car or in a getaway car; at a nightclub or on a train; at a beachfront motel or in the sanctimony of the suburban bedroom, these 25 stories deftly explore the arc of a love match, the shelf life of a romance. They take us on a journey through the landscape of poignant liaisons, orphaned passions, and unintended consequences in the tradition of Raymond Carver or Richard Ford. Youll meet stand-up guys, lovely ingenues, charming rogues, and downbeat dames - the brave, hopeful, and susceptible survivors of love. But theres not a single innocent bystander. The author has a particularly American take on sex, love, and so much that falls in between. Its like taking a pull at your Cuba Libre about the time the jukebox is kicking in. During a writing career that spans 50 years, Peter Devine has been a reporter, an editor, has written sports and travel pieces, celebrity pro?les and is the author of six novels, a memoir, two books of essays, and over 200 short stories. He lives in Texas with his wife Maria and their two dogs, and currently publishes a blog entitled Devine Intervention which can be accessed at: www.apeterdevine.com Cover design by the author, author photo by his wife

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His website, www.apeterdevine.com introduces Peter Devine as a "storyteller," and it is certainly an apt description. Having lived his life gathering stories, it is no wonder that he is adept at recounting them. His writing career spans nearly fifty years, dating from the time when he and his first wife began their globe-straddling adventures and the author wrote early in the mornings, on beaches, in bungalows, on trains, in taverns, frequently using his overturned knapsack as a writing desk and penning his work longhand in notebooks. In majoring in journalism at university he had learned the art of developing a storyline, which is journalists do when they gather and arrange facts. "But of course a writer of fiction is able to interpret facts and convey impressions for the purpose of entertainment and inspiration, which gives us a bit more leeway than journalists," he observes. His first bylines were for sports and human interest pieces, followed by travel pieces and personality profiles. He began devoting himself to the craft of the short story with his 1988 collection entitled Try Anything Once, and followed it up in 1994 with another collection, And Then It Begins. Along the way he published a book of essays, Buck Naked and Covered in Grits, an inquiry into the nature of women's desires, Real Women Only Want One Thing, and a memoir of his travels, One Hand Waving Free. His novels include Certain Knowledge (1998), Don't You Ever Kiss Me Once (2003), and The Pumpkin Eater (2005). A one-time resident of New Orleans, following Hurricane Katrina he wrote Indecent Exposure: Hurricane Katrina Lays Bare the Soul of the Old South. He is currently completing a novel about WWII survivors in the Venezuelan rain forest in 1954 entitled Lift A Cup to Ancient Battles. Peter Devine currently lives in Texas with his wife Maria and their two hurricane rescue dogs, Lizzie and Lilly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504905923
• Artikelnr.: 54705493