Between Two Rivers : A Novel
Author(s): Nicholas Rinaldi
Farro Fescu is the proud and observant concierge of Echo Terrace, a condominium in New York City. Passing through his lobby at all hours is an exotic cross-section of the world's population: an Egyptian-born plastic surgeon who specializes in gender reassignment, a fighter pilot who flew for Nazi Germany during World War II, an Iraqi spice merchant and the world-famous quilter with whom he's having an affair, the adulterer's son who dreams of becoming an undertaker, and the widow whose apartment is a jungle Eden filled with a menagerie of specimens.
Farro Fescu knows them all, knows all their secrets. Yet he does not know what is in his own heart -- why, after a long, hard life, he is still alive, and still alone. Nor does he know what he will be capable of in the face of sudden, overwhelming tragedy.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Review(s):
“Rinaldi is a master of elegant prose…gradually hypnotizes and charms, coaxing beauty from the tragic and surreal.”
“Vivid, elegiac…. Hauntingly beautiful.”
“Hypnotic … Mesmerizing…Audacious… a novel of eerie dimension … A wondrously restrained group portrait of a downtown Manhattan condominium’s residents.”
“A rich, ambitious book....Rinaldi conjures a cosmopolitan New York that is violent and tender.”
“A beautiful, emotionally uplifting tribute to the human spirit....Rinaldi summons no less than the pageant of the human tragicomedy.”
“A novel of substance worth your sinking into this summer…. BETWEEN TWO RIVERS is the book of a lifetime.”
“Sprawling [and] elegant.”
“Memorable....Richly textured....Rinaldi paints a complex, compelling portrait of the ways in which we flirt with the American Dream.”
“In a city with eight million stories, this is one worth picking up.”
“Offers even more than fine writing and a well-constructed, intriguing tale ... poignant and uplifting.”
ISBN: 9780060578770