Thursday, October 22, 2015

Venetian Rogues


A story of seduction and intrigue set in the enchanting and mysterious city of Venice.

Publisher: Serenissima Publications
2a/19 Marine Parade, Eastbourne, 5013
Paperback $25
ISBN 978-0-473-33620-2

Emanuel E. Garcia is a Philadelphia-born psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and writer, who has resided in New Zealand since 2006.  For nearly a decade he worked as a consultant to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he established health education  and injury prevention programmes.  He has published a host of scholarly articles on the history of psychoanalysis and the psychology of creativity – work that includes investigations into classical composers and musicians such as Mahler, Delius, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Bruno Walter.  He will be presenting his work on Scriabin and Rachmaninoff in St. Petersburg in October 2015.  He has lectured around the world and been featured on BBC Radio and Radio New Zealand, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Magazine, the Dominion Post and other publications.

He has also authored works on string instrument technique and musical interpretation, and was the subject of a New Zealand TV One documentary, “Manny and the Singh Brothers” (http://pacificscreen.com/nz-stories/).

His creative writing includes four novels, one collection of stories, and four books of poetry. His poems and political essays have been published in various journals and websites.

Venetian Rogues is his fourth novel, perhaps best described as a series of interconnected fables, infused with psychological depth and poetic rhythm, and involving themes of caprice, seduction, art, betrayal and love, set in the most enchanting, mysterious and improbable city in the world.  A unique aspect of the book is the integral inclusion of a series of artistic photographs specifically chosen for their relation to the content of individual chapters.



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