Graphic Nature - Daniel Damiano

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Résumé :
From acclaimed Author and Playwright Daniel Damiano (The Woman in the Sun Hat, Day of the Dog) comes this gripping second novel. Set in 1913 France, Edmond de Capitoir is the Chief Executioner - content with a relatively solitary life, aided by his own introverted nature. However, his persona is tested by a developing attraction to a young patisserie clerk in Versailles - an attraction that becomes further challenged by his sudden notoriety. Graphic Nature is a unique character-study deliciously blending gothic, darkly comic, romantic, and social commentary elements with modern parallels, and a stunning follow-up to Damiano's modern shero's journey The Woman in the Sun Hat (2021 Seattle Book Review Recommendartion). ??Deep and heavy on so many levels, hitting so many strong notes. 'Graphic Nature' tells a compelling story with interesting, believable characters while delivering a nuanced message that's both powerful and important. It also manages to involve the sagacity of life and death, love and loss, the sins of the father, and the indifference of God. You'll want to read it sitting down. - Sunday's Mail 5 STARS - An excellent novel!!! The author takes the reader back in time, over a hundred years...

Biographie:
Daniel Damiano is an Award-winning Playwright, Screenwriter, Poet, Novelist and Actor based in Brooklyn, NY. His plays have been performed throughout many areas of the U.S., as well as London, England and Sydney & Melbourne, Australia. His acclaimed play DAY OF THE DOG premiered with St. Louis Actors' Studio in 2013 and subsequently transferred to 59E59 in NYC in 2014. It was a 2013 St. Louis Critics Choice Best Play Nominee, and was published by Broadway Play Publishing in 2018. Other more recent productions of his work include HARMONY PARK (4 Stars - Detroit Free Press, with Detroit Repertory Theatre), THE LEPERS (Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC) and his acclaimed solo plays AMERICAN TRANQUILITY (which has been lauded in both NYC and Washington DC) and, most recently, ONE WITH THE CURRENT, which had an acclaimed run in NYC in the fall of '23. His new play THE WILD BOAR was a Finalist for the 2022 Dayton Playhouse Futurefest, and was 2019 Finalist for both the Woodward/Newman Award and the Janet & Bruce Bunch Award. He has been the recipient of the Christopher Brian Wolk Award for Playwriting, in addition to being a 2013 Nominee for the Pushcart Poetry Prize and a Finalist for the 2012 Arts & Letters Prize for Drama. His debut novel, THE WOMAN IN THE SUN HAT was published in March 2021 through fandango 4 Art House (Seattle Book Review Recommendation). His short story, The Gift of What For is included in Palm Circle Press' Short Story Anthology 2021. His poetry book, 104 DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC, was released in September 2021, by fandango 4 Art House. His poetry has been published in Gyroscope Review, Quagmire Magazine, Curlew Quarterly, Crooked Teeth Literary Magazine, Newtown Literary Journal, New Voices Anthology, Cloudbank and HotMetal Press. His second novel, GRAPHIC NATURE, was released in December 2022. In the Summer of 2022, fandango 4 Art House released PLAYS BY DANIEL DAMIANO, Volume 1, the first collection of Mr. Damiano's full-length plays (Harmony Park, The Golden Year & The Dishonorable Discharge of Private Pitts), and in June 2025, PLAYS BY DANIEL DAMIANO, Volume 2 (Short Plays). In May 2024, Bottlecap Press released Damiano's second book of poetry, THE CONCRETE JUNGLE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. His third novel, ADVICE FROM A CAT, was released in October 2024, through fandango 4 Art House. In December, he was the recipient of the 2024 David A. Einhorn Playwriting Prize....

Sommaire:
into a darker time. - The author hits on so many social aspects and leaves the reader questioning and understanding everything from loss and grief to life and death. - There is also some comic relief and even a romantic storyline within the book, giving something for any reader to enjoy. - This is a very well written book and very deep, making the reader think and question many aspects of life. It's definitely one of those books you don't want to put down until your done. - The Authors Spot...