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Tiny Tin Elf (Hardcover)
Eric G. Muller; Illustrated by Ella Manor Lapointe
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R523
Discovery Miles 5 230
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Tiny Tin Elf (Paperback)
Eric G. Muller; Illustrated by Ella Manor Lapointe
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R398
Discovery Miles 3 980
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This adventure story of two - then three - young people answers
questions about beings who help when you least expect it and who
sometimes need your help, too... Ride along in a magical boat
provided by the powers of the earth. Join youngsters like you who
help to solve the problems made by other human beings, problems
like polluting things without cleaning up after themselves. Join
three friends in a fast-moving, sometimes dangerous tale of
cooperation between the powers of the earth and the powers in young
hearts. Solutions are possible with open-minded listening, careful
planning and undaunted courage.
Drops on the Water is a book about the childhood experiences of a
father and son, and their gradual entrance into adulthood. It
traces the similarities and differences between distinct
generations in their unique geographical environments. From the
suburbs and fairgrounds of the United States to the majesty and
beauty of the Swiss Alps, from a beach in Nicaragua to a gum
plantation in Zululand, these stories jump between Europe and
America, east and west coast, and the African continent. They trace
the inheritance of World War II, of German nationality, of the
shock of a friend's suicide to a classmate's overdose. The
anxieties of early love and rural small town life are balanced
against changes seen in the familial sphere across generations.
Apartheid inequities, corporal punishment in strict prep schools, a
friend's illicit affair with an African maid, hitchhiking barefoot,
and a scheduled Ping-Pong match with the Prince of Lichtenstein,
all coalesce in a book that brings to life the circumstances that
bind its authors to history, family, generation, and place. Eric G.
Muller is a musician, teacher and writer living in upstate New
York. He was born in Durban, South Africa, and studied literature
and history at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Muller continued his studies in England and Germany before moving
to America. He has published three novels and a collection of
poetry. Matthew Zanoni Muller was born in Bochum, Germany and grew
up in Eugene, Oregon and Upstate New York. After earning his BA
from Emerson College, he received his MFA from Warren Wilson's MFA
Program for Writers. He teaches in his local Community College
System and currently shuttles between western Mass and upstate New
York. His writing has appeared in numerous magazines and journals
and this is his first book."
Eric G. Muller's classy title, Meet Me at the Met, invites readers
to follow a rich tale of romance, idealism, scandal, and emerging
self knowledge. The novel has a double story-the living of a life
and the process of writing that life-both tales narrated by a
high-minded, vain, passionate, confessional man who is determined
to write it all until he can understand it. He delights in the
arts, teaches at a school near New York City's beloved Metropolitan
Museum, and reveres the treasures there. Each time he wants to
recall and record an episode from his life, he goes to the Met and
chooses from among its famous galleries a different "office" to
write in. Having grown up near the Met myself, I particularly
enjoyed the passages where various parts of the museum's immense
collection are precisely and appreciatively described. In this
absorbing fiction about inspiration, personal growth, and the
capacity for mature awareness, Muller has woven an enticing
tapestry of pleasure, pain, aspiration, and love.
Gertrude Reif Hughes
Professor Emerita, Wesleyan University
The book is delightful, original and idiosyncratic. It's
completely original. Congratulations
Andre Gregory
Internationally renowned director and actor. His film credits
include: My Dinner with Andre, The Last Temptation of Christ,
Demolition Man, and Vanya on 42nd Street
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