The Bear and the Paving Stone (Paperback)

Horie weaves fables out of everyday existence in these three captivating tales of relationships and lives revisited... across these ruminative stories, Horie suddenly drops in moments of piercing wisdom and revelation, revealing that, for better or worse, there is no escape from one's memory A treat It is a rather beautiful, very funny, often bitter or sadly gentle book that will entice and satisfy while leaving one thirsting for more Ethereal... Simmers with raw emotional ferocity... Horie uses descriptive imagery in a distanced narrative style. His characters maintain an inner strength and Zen-like independence that wavers under the emotional weight of shared memories, which merge in unexpected ways to convey a yearning for deeper connections Whimsical stories, which celebrate language, friendship and life