An inveterate traveler and lover of mountains and their peoples, Thomas K. Shor attempts to penetrate the barriers that inhibit our understanding of the philosophic dichotomy of East and West-- first upon a mountaintop monastery in Greece, then high in the Indian Himalayas.
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This highly thematic collection of eight short stories, four poems and one vignette is characteristic of the eloquent style displayed in the author's four previous novels.
Motivated to expatriate by guilt and remorse after helping to design guidance systems for the U.S. Military, Doran Seeger travels to Europe to make a fresh start. Wandering from country to country, he encounters new societies and new ideas, and finally lands in Greece, where he falls in love and discovers true friendship.
A Winter Garden
After ten years abroad, Doran Seeger still struggles to appease his conscience.Living in Prague and working as an underground art dealer, a chance encounter with the sister of his former lover on Corfu persuades him to return to Greece, where a society that embraces real civility, not to mention a few idiosyncrasies, tenderly draws the habitual itinerant out of reticence and cynicism With his longtime friend Modestos at his side, Doran plants a winter garden; and as he patiently tills the Grecian soil, he regains his integrity, his sense of joy, and his humanity.
