My dad's last name is Querer.
What kind of last name is that? In Spanish, "querer" means to want
or to love.
My dad says it's a Scottish name, Kerr, but that one of his
ancestors believed that there were too many Kerrs in the area, and
he felt he was truly special -- not at all like the bland, stolid
Kerrs in his district.
His first choice was to change the spelling to Cur. But it had
unfortunate additional meanings -- one of which (a badly behaved
dog of indifferent parentage) was already thought to reflect his
character.
So, he went from Kerr to Querer, landing only briefly on Cur --
but it was enough to soak up some of the attributes, namely that of
being a compulsive barker.
Consequently, over the years, I've tried to muzzle myself.
I've largely failed.
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Tinguely Querer, geologist, properties assessor, and corporate
merger specialist, travels in her own quirky space, resulting in
unexpected encounters.
Tinguely records her thoughts in a journal, and the reader travels
through her journeys, both mental and physical. She works with her
father as she builds her own life, and surfs life's boom-bust
cycles always on the edge of profound revelation or extreme denial.
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"The Adventures of Tinguely Querer is a fast-paced, funny, poetic,
metaphysical, metafictional romp. It is right up this reader's
alley and I think it will be a treat for any lover of smart,
playful, meaningful fiction. It is about myth, destiny and cows.
And the author's illustrations for her beguiling text are charming
and add a certain dazzle to the narrative. They may remind the
reader of Kurt Vonnegut's playful illustrations for Breakfast of
Champions, or the whimsical drawings of Thurber. Nash may at times
seem like a female Vonnegut (one chapter here is called "Vonnegut
Radio,") or perhaps Tom Robbins, but she is also unique and full of
her own personal bravura and mojo. This modern, hip trip of a novel
will delight you and stay with you long after you finish reading
it. Tinguely herself may seem a real friend by book's end and she
may have you waiting impatiently for what Susan Smith Nash does
next."
--Corey Mesler, "author of Following Richard Brautigan"
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