Hearts - Schwartz, Donald Ray

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Résumé :
A seventy-year-old man, Maishe Rosstein, undergoes an open-heart surgery. Details of his procedure open the novel/novella. Once in recovery in ICU, in intermediate, then later at home, he recalls that during the procedure, he perceived darkly through a glass his days entering the air force (AF), his duties, the women he met, and other events. More than mere dreamy recall, it is as if he lives them again. Thence, the story returns where it began, at his home, recovering, now with new insights about his life. Please note that once AF-classified information is included, albeit now declassified and available to the public....

Biographie:
Donald Ray Schwartz has published nearly 200 works, including essays, articles, reviews and criticisms, a novella, and non-fiction works. Lillian Russell: A Bio Bibliography, in collaboration with Anne Bowbeer is considered the definitive resource on the late 19th, early 20th centuries chanteuse and a significant contribution to that period of American theater in general. Noah's Ark: An Annotated Encyclopedia of All the Animal Species in the Hebrew Bible was the Jewish Book Club Selection of the month in the year it was published, and is still considered the definitive resource for that subject. His play, Review, won the Sarasota (Florida) Theatre National Playwriting Contest. His epic poem, The Cross Country Run of Jennifer X Dreifus, won the Mellen National Epic Poetry Contest. His sabbatical monograph about Philo Farnsworth's invention of television, published by CCBC, is available online as an ebook, and now in print form from Amazon. Professor Schwartz has directed or produced over 40 main stage productions (including full stage musicals). He has directed television commercials. He has featured cameo roles in two independent major motion pictures. He was a featured performer for Nebraska Public Television's industrial film series. Donald Ray Schwartz is Associate Professor of Speech, Theatre and Mass Communication (ret'd) at CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County). He resides in Baltimore County with his wife, Ann.

Sommaire:
Donald Ray Schwartz has published nearly 200 works, including essays, articles, reviews and criticisms, a novella, and non-fiction works. Lillian Russell: A Bio Bibliography, in collaboration with Anne Bowbeer is considered the definitive resource on the late 19th, early 20th centuries chanteuse and a significant contribution to that period of American theater in general. Noah's Ark: An Annotated Encyclopedia of All the Animal Species in the Hebrew Bible was the Jewish Book Club Selection of the month in the year it was published, and is still considered the definitive resource for that subject. His play, Review, won the Sarasota (Florida) Theatre National Playwriting Contest. His epic poem, The Cross Country Run of Jennifer X Dreifus, won the Mellen National Epic Poetry Contest. His sabbatical monograph about Philo Farnsworth's invention of television, published by CCBC, is available online as an ebook, and now in print form from Amazon. Professor Schwartz has directed or produced over 40 main stage productions (including full stage musicals). He has directed television commercials. He has featured cameo roles in two independent major motion pictures. He was a featured performer for Nebraska Public Television's industrial film series. Donald Ray Schwartz is Associate Professor of Speech, Theatre and Mass Communication (ret'd) at CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County). He resides in Baltimore County with his wife, Ann....