In this collection, Stern s third, he returns to the literary adventure he began in "Twice Told Tales" and continued in "Twice ""Upon"" a Time"weaving fresh modern tales from the thematic threads of great texts of the past. His premise is that a classic work by a writer or artist one loves could be basic to a fiction: as basic as a love affair, a trauma, a mother, a landscape, a job, or a sexual passion. Each of the seven tales in One Day s Perfect Weather uses elements from an earlier work. Each story is independently vibrant and vital but, infused by the energy and creative tension of the backdrop work of art, it takes on added reverberations of meaning: rich, entertaining, and wise. In Duet for Past and Future, inspired by Robert Frost s The Road Not Taken, Newman, a lawyer in Indianapolis, having lost his musical career (along with his wife and child), thinks he recognizes the very cello...
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