THE ENCUENTRO, Richard Kennedy’s latest novel, is a bona fide masterpiece...
The Encuentro isn’t just another novel. A fairy tale in novel form– told as a farce, presented like a play, and executed like a movie, it is indeed “novel†in every way. It is very much as advertised: “A Children’s Story For Adults†– very mature adults; it is also Kennedy as his innovated best– “pulling out all the stops,†and turning the medium right on it’s head to make a point, which is his vehicular and artistically stylized expression of his treatise- Psychophysics: The Point Of Everything. So, while the subject matter is bawdy, the humor outrageous and the wit nonpareil, it is, to be sure, a deeply profound exposition of the nature and meaning of life at the end of the day.
Set in the mythical kingdom of Char Ming, presumably sometime in the Middle Ages– Kennedy cares little about time, as we generally think of it; indeed, “time†is part of his beautifully rendered thesis– it is a raucous, ribald tale that reads like Shakespeare, thinks like Chaucer and bites like Swift; for Kennedy unabashedly focuses on humanity’s universal preoccupation on sex to lead us hilariously, often shockingly, down what we almost have to belief will be an even more outrageous and sidesplitting “climax†that turns out to be anything but. Be prepared to be stunned; be prepared to be “truly†enchanted, literally swept off your feet and transported, as the popular phrase, goes: "Where no man has gone before"- only Kennedy takes you BEYOND! Be prepared to finally see the “point†– the alpha and the omega, the end and the beginning of EVERYTHING!
This, what he calls (a) “fairy,†is, as he has stated, “probably my best symphony yet,†and destined to be an instant classic. We couldn’t agree more!...Where else will you find a novel’s author portraying himself in his own book as a “movie director� The Encuentro is an absolute must read.
Hardcover & Paperback: Two Volumes; 816 pages Publisher: Lulu Publishing (April 2008) Language: English
The Encuentro Book One (ID #2399465)
The Encuentro Book Two (ID #2399786)
“There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance– that principle is contempt prior to investigation.â€â€“HERBERT SPENCER, AN ARTIST’S CONCEPT
“Richard (Kennedy) really is a great novelist, poet, philosopher and litterateur. I was astounded by his works. It absolutely amazed me, the depth of a journey a mind can proceed and still be a member of planet earth.†Vida Liera, USA
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