Barry Stewart Levy
Years ago I read Jerzy Kosinski's "Steps," an award-winning short novel with a fascinating main character who narrates the episodic tale. The protagonist is a nameless sojourner, manipulative, vindictive, intelligent, and sexual. The language is crisp and spare.
The book stayed with me for quite awhile. I drew upon some of the main character's traits, though the nameless narrator of my novella is far more vulnerable and troubled.
As I wrote "European Son: a novella.," I found myself influenced by Camus' "The Stranger" and Ian McEwan's "The Comfort of Strangers," as well as by dialogue by Pinter and visuals by Hitchcock.
The book stayed with me for quite awhile. I drew upon some of the main character's traits, though the nameless narrator of my novella is far more vulnerable and troubled.
As I wrote "European Son: a novella.," I found myself influenced by Camus' "The Stranger" and Ian McEwan's "The Comfort of Strangers," as well as by dialogue by Pinter and visuals by Hitchcock.
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