Hello all. Am shamelessly promoting purchase of a Leelanau County authors book, Testimony of the Senses, by Cory Oldweiler. Below is a synopsis. The book is being released on May 18th, but is now available on Amazon and Ingraham; soon on Baker & Taylor. Cory has worked at the Leland Library on and off for the past 10 years in between writing, traveling, and attending opera, his great passion, all over the world. He is an extraordinary and passionate writer. One reviewer writes, This book is not for sissies. The story line is a simple one, a teenage boy looking for his absentee father. However, on his journey he finds more than he bargained for. Told expertly by Oldweiler with his vast knowledge of music, opera and fascinating mythological references. He brings a new twist to storytelling. I cant wait to read it again. "Testimony of the Senses" is the story of Emilio Tramonti, a boy who grows up believing his father died before he was born. On his seventeenth birthday, Emilio learns that his life has been predicated on a lie-his father is actually alive. He leaves home, seeking to understand, and eventually to confront, the man who ran rather than raise his child. There is nothing quotidian in the telling of this tale. Emilio is conducted toward his fate by an omnipresent companion, Gustav Mahler's Seventh Symphony, which premiered on the date of his birth and provides the aural architecture of his life. His mother's idolatrous obsession with Michelangelo's Pietà transforms her from a coddler to just another absent authority figure. A false, former New York Philharmonic violinist teaches Emilio to hear, but ultimately betrays and loses his trust. An annotated, photo-filled copy of Ovid's "Metamorphoses," dating from his father's time as a photographer during World War II, holds the mysteries of his parents' past-and a carefully preserved dead lizard. And in his final movement, increasingly insensate from wandering Lear-like through the storm surrounding and suffusing him, Emilio is forced to face judgment for the choices he has made. "Testimony of the Senses" is both bildungsroman and billet-doux, to literature, language, and music. It challenges the reader to think, to question, to seek out answers. How do we grieve? Why do we hope? What are we willing to believe in blindly, on faith alone? Ultimately it is Emilio's voice that matters most in all these matters, Emilio's voice that carries the story along. Rhythmically, melodically, almost compulsively. Here is a link to the website: http://www.cydaedalusbooks.com/ Sylvia Merz, Director Leland Township Library 203 E. Cedar St., P.O. Box 736 Leland, MI 49654-0736 PH: 231-256-9152 FAX: 231-256-8847 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 10 to 5 Wednesday10 to 6 Saturday10 to 2 www.lelandtownshiplibrary.michlibrary.org <http://www.lelandtownshiplibrary.michlibrary.org/> cid:image001.jpg@01CE99C7.13A1DE40
