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by Robert Stone “In an elite college in a once-decaying New England city, Steven Brookman has come to a decision. A bril liant but careless professor, he has determined that for the sake of his marriage, and his soul, he must extract him self from his relationship with Maud Stack, his electrify ing student, whose papers are always late and too long yet always incandescent. But Maud is a young woman whose passions are not easily contained or curtailed, and their union will quickly yield tragic and far-reaching con sequences. As in Robert Stone’s most acclaimed novels, here he conjures a complex moral universe where noth ing is black and white, even if the characters — always complicated, always compelling — wish it were. The stakes of Brookman and Maud’s relationship prove high-
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From page 59 Captiva. His sprawling and elevated home faces Pine Island Sound, evidence of a pas sion for gardening, for keeping things tidy. The grounds are very still and gentle. Karel Aster at age 95 looks his age. There’s a heavy bandage on his forearm, for instance, because his papery skin tears easily, he said. But he’s otherwise active, moves well. He shot a hole in one last summer using a hybrid 7 iron at Shell Point. The certificate is in a drawer. He also sips plum brandy, the Czech national drink, and puffs half a cigar per day. He drives to Bailey’s, occasionally over the causeway in his Mercury sedan. But only during the day. His wife Jana, herself the widow of a freed Japanese captive, died in 2003. He mostly keeps to himself at night, he said. There is artwork in his office of his home village near Prague, a husky work desk, family portraits, lots of books and pretty rugs throughout the home. He likes golf on television, it seems lonely, though. Yet there’s amusement in eyes that have endured much more than the rest of us. He’s animated about golf (“golfink” with his Czech brogue) and a brand of Scotch whisky that arrived in his Chicago office after the war. It came from an English soldier and fellow detainee whose family owned the distillery. It was prom ised on a bet who could pick the date the war would end. The other guy would’ve gotten new shoes. That luster in his eyes vanishes in voic ing in Japanese his prisoner count number. It’s feels odd to hear a man so damaged by his captors recite catch phrases and com mands in their language. But Karel Aster long ago forgave them. “There are no more nightmares,” he said. “No more anything.” The Czech Republic does not honor its citizens or awardees posthumously. The ceremony in Captiva is expected to bear the dignity of a US Medal of Freedom. It also ends a sad chapter in history. In the final line of his memoirs, Aster wrote: “And now I am the last one who still remains alive to tell the story.” It is dated Captiva Island, Florida, December 25, 2005. The Captiva Civic Center is at 11550 Chapin Lane. SPECIAL TO THE ISLANDER ADVERTORIAL G u r h a n c ra fts u n m ista k a b le je w e lr y d e s ig n s , P a r t II Visiting Lily & Co. Jewelers on Sanibel Gurhan jewelry is unmistakable. Whether it is the unique design wrought solely in gold or kissed with it in his tri-tonal sliver line, women around the world seek out Gurhan pieces. Take the opportunity to meet the famed designer during his visit March 27-29 to 1 .ily & Co. Jewelers. There w ill lie a cocktail party Friday, March 27. “We are delighted to he hosting a cocktail party in honor o f a talented designer such as ( lurhan, said I ily & Co. Owners Dan Schuyler and Karen Bell. “Having him visit lor an entire weekend is a treat and we invite everyone to meet the wonderful, personable man behind the exquisite jewelry. His fingerprint on each piece is the essence of the brand - hand-nammermg and natural imperfections - evidence that every piece is painstakingly crafted by hand in ( iurhan s workshop. However the gifted jewelry designer first had a short career in music. It was in the 1980s when Gurhan combined
his technical knowledge with a % love of music. He delved into i sound engineering and started a j succession of nightclubs in | lnstanbul. Bv the end of the | decade
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translated into a fascination for 1 the inner-workings o f watches. Inspired. Gurhan moved to Switzerland to learn the craft of fine watchmaking. He restored, reassembled and remade old tab watches into art pieces. Several of his works were featured in exhibits across Europe, and attracted a few collectors who acquired these very limited creations. It was in the early 1990s when Gurhan was handed a sheet o f pure 24-karate gold during a casual trip to Istanbul. He was immediately drawn to its warmth and sensuality. In a single moment, Gurhan s life changed forever; he would create fine jewelry using this unique material. Four years later, his first C iiirhan pieces arc created. Before him, pure gold jewelry had not been made since ancient times. It was his distinctive design that drew the attention of Australian-bom. New \brk-based investment banker Fiona Tilley, who was convinced the talented designer’s pieces would be successful in the United States. Nearly 10 vears after first holding the sheet of pure gold, Gurhan visited New' York accompanied by his new business partner, Tilley, and launched his inaugural U.SHinc. It was quickly embraced as a breath o f fresh air in tnc world of designer jewelry. People were enchanted by the rich yellow hue of pure gold and embraced the fingerprints left by Gurhan. InSrylc magazine promptly heralded his designs as being on the forefront or fashion. A t the end o f the 90s, Gurhan and Fiona Tilley’s unique business partnership was fueled by an equally passionate personal relationship. They married in January 1999. Today, they are the proud parents of a wonderful Yorkie. Tipsy. As the Gurhan mascot, Tipsy faithfully attends every trunk show, exhibition and function. The 2000s have held more success for C jurhan, from awards to major public figures showcasing his pieces. In 2005, Gurhan conquered the unique world o f platinum - creating highly textural designs combined with unusual stones like aquamarine. By 2008, Gurhan had turned his attention to photography. Similar to his work in jewelry, Gurhan is a self-taught photographer
whose inaugural exhibit was on the grounc i floor of Saks _ _ Fifth Avenue. j a g y Gurhan continues to defy the boundaries of traditional jewelry design, which is especially present in his 4/24 line that Features a unique combination of an early O ttom an alloy containing
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From page 59 er than either one could have anticipated, pit ting individuals against one another and against the institutions meant to protect them.. .a powerful tale of infidelity, account ability, the allure of youth, the promise of absolution, and the notion that madness is everywhere, in plain sight.”* “Jeeves and the Wedding Bells: an homage to P.G. Wodehouse” by Sebastian Faulks “One B. Wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable sojourn in Cannes, finds himself at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. Bertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentleman’s personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs - a role for which he has no discemable talent and a situation he doesn’t much like. The root cause of this role reversal is love. Bertie, you see, has met one Georgiana Meadowes on the Cote d’Azur. However, Georgiana is spoken for. Orphaned at young age, she is the ward of the impoverished Sir Henry Hackwood. In order to help Sir Henry maintain his beloved Melbury Hall, Georgiana is engaged to marry a man of sufficient means, one Rupert Venables. Meanwhile, Peregrine ‘Woody’ Beeching, one of Bertie’s oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancee Amelia, Sir Henry’s tennis-mad daughter, and has approached Bertie — well, Jeeves, actually —for help. But why would this necessitate Bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? Could it be that the ever loyal, Spinoza-loving Jeeves has something up his sleeve?” *
“It begins with Peter, a devoted man of faith, as he is called to the mission of a life time, one that takes him galaxies away from his wife, Bea. Peter becomes immersed in the mysteries of an astonishing new environ ment, overseen by an enigmatic corporation known only as USIC. His work introduces him to a seemingly friendly native popula tion struggling with a dangerous illness and hungry for Peter’s teachings — his Bible is their ‘book of strange new things.’ But Peter is rattled when Bea’s letters from home become increasingly desperate: typhoons and earthquakes are devastating whole coun tries, and governments are crumbling. Bea’s faith, once the guiding light of their lives, begins to falter. Suddenly, a separation measured by an otherworldly distance, and defined both by one newly discovered world and another in a state of collapse, is threat ened by an ever-widening gulf that is much less quantifiable. While Peter is reconciling the needs of his congregation with the desires of his strange employer, Bea is strug gling for survival. Their trials lay bare a pro found meditation on faith, love tested beyond endurance, and our responsibility to those closest to us.” *
“Set in thirteenth-century Europe, against the backdrop of a medieval world where beauty and violence, science and mysticism, carnality and faith, exist side by side, this is a masterful, mystery-laden novel from the author of ‘The Gift’.. .Since he was a young boy, John has studied at the Franciscan monastery outside Oxford, under the tute lage of friar and magus Roger Bacon, an inventor, scientist, and polymath. In 1267, Bacon arranges for his young pupil to embark on a journey of penitence to Italy. But the pilgrimage is a guise to deliver sci entific instruments and Bacon’s great opus to His Holiness, Pope Clement IV. Two companions will accompany John, both Franciscan friars: the handsome, sweet-tem pered Brother Andrew, with whom everyone falls in love; and the more brutish Brother Bernard, with his secret compulsion for drawing imaginary monsters. Neither knows the true purpose of their expedition...a medieval road movie, recounting the journey taken from Oxford to Viterbo in 1267 by John and his two companions. Modeling themselves after Saint Francis, the trio treks by foot through Europe, preaching the gospel and begging for sustenance. In addi tion to fighting off ambushes from thieves hungry for the thing of power they are carry ing, the holy trio
are tried and tempted by all sorts of sins: ambition, pride, lust — and by the sheer hell and heaven of medieval life.” *
“Martine LeDuc is the director of PR for the mayor’s office in Montreal. When four women are found brutally murdered and shockingly posed on park benches through out the city over several months, Martine’s boss fears a PR disaster for the still busy tourist season, and Martine is now also tasked with acting as liaison between the mayor and the police department. The women were of varying ages, backgrounds and body types and seemed to have nothing in common. Yet the macabre presentation of their bodies hints at a connection. Martine is paired with a young detective, Julian Fletcher, and together they dig deep into the city’s and the country’s past, only to uncov er a dark secret dating back to the 1950s, when orphanages in Montreal and elsewhere were converted to asylums in order to gain more funding. The children were subjected to horrific experiments such as lobotomies, electroshock therapy, and psychotropic med ication, and many of them died in the process. The survivors were supposedly compensated for their trauma by the govern ment and the cases seem to have been set tled. So who is bearing a grudge now, and why did these four women have to die?” * * Book jacket/publisher description —
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