ISBN-13: 9781514271445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 390 str.
This volume contains 34 selected stories from Dr. Jane's Goretskaya trilogy Dance Me: Stages of the Love Law, The Games People Play, Leave Them to Dance Again, A legacy of love, Clowning around Paris, No No, it's Play by Ear, not Paint by Ear, Opera ain't Over Till the Fat Lady Sings the Last Area, Little Casualties, Sauna and Hub, and more. Written for fiction fans, some stories describe realistic peccadilloes of the human characters combined with their willingness to love and be loved, live well, and succeed. The sharp humor and irony do not plead for developing an intro-climax-resolution. Its role is to entertain and to provide the smooth transition of a reader's thoughts from brain to solo. The acuity of the author observation is delivered through the characters' perceptions and interactions, in which a reader may easily recognize fallacies and rhetorical devices. The selected episodes from the trilogy Dance Me, displayed in this volume, play a role of the short stories. Despite the major characters pass through the tales, episodes do not always connected and may leave a reader wanting more from the characters. When one episode may teach a person better than a whole book, the others may just entertain, arise the issue, or let a reader to enjoy the story for the sake of a story. With that said, you are welcome to learn more about characters within the novels in the Trilogy: (1) Dance Me When the Witnesses Have Gone; (2) Dance Me & Land Me your Ear, and (3) Dance Me and Edit My Life. Such debates as "What is good and what is bad?"; "To be or not to be?"; and "Who is Right?" are, as usual, under the reader discretion. Serious and philosophical enough to keep thinking alive, but funny and humoristic to keep the reader on a ground, the interactive duels are interwoven in the novels. Coupled with the willingness of the characters to step down from their own positions and talk with both inner self and others is one of the major factors that force people to communicate toward resolving their dilemmas. Because similar situations and interactions may take place in other families, communities, and even societies, please do compare characters and situations. Besides, the novels invite a reader to walk in the shoes of the major personages while traveling and visiting museums and other remarkable places with them. Enjoy reading