The Morels
✍ Scribed by Christopher Hacker
- Book ID
- 112280878
- Publisher
- Soho Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 318 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781616952440
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
The Morels─Arthur, Penny, and Will─are a happy family of three living in New York City. So why would Arthur choose to publish a book that brutally rips his tightly knit family unit apart at the seams? Arthur's old schoolmate Chris, who narrates the book, is fascinated with this very question as he becomes accidentally reacquainted with Arthur. A single, aspiring filmmaker who works in a movie theater, Chris envies everything Arthur has, from his beautiful wife to his charming son to his seemingly effortless creativity. But things are not always what they seem.
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The Morels takes a unique look at the power of art─literature, music and film in particular─and challenges us as readers to think about some fascinating questions to which there are no easy answers. Where is the line between art and obscenity, between truth and fiction, between revolutionary thinking and brainless shock value, between craftsmanship and commerce? Is it possible...
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