Mark Mustian – The Gendarme - Gables
What would you do if the love of your life, and all your memories, were lost – only to reappear – but with such shocking revelations that you wish you had never remembered? Mark Mustian has written a remarkable novel about the power of memory-and the ability of people, individually and collectively, to forget in The Gendarme (Putnam, $25.95) . Emmett Conn is an old man, near the end of his life. A World War I veteran, he's been affected by memory loss since being injured during the war. In Emmett's dreams he's a gendarme, escorting Armenians from Turkey. A young woman among them, Araxie, captivates and enthralls him. But then the trek ends, the war separates them. He is injured. Seven decades later, as his grasp on the boundaries between past and present begins to break down, Emmett sets out on a final journey, to find Araxie and beg her forgiveness. Depicting how love can transcend nationalities, politics, and religion, how racism creates divisions where none truly exist, and how the human spirit fights to survive even in the face of hopelessness, is a transcendent novel. Presented in collaboration with the Florida Psychoanalytic Society. 8pm
- Street:
- Books & Books
- Additional:
- 265 Aragon Avenue
- City:
- Coral Gables ,
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- Postal Code:
- 33134
