Fiction Editor David Rozgonyi has a new book forthcoming
in Spring 2006
AND he is sponsoring what
may be the most original, cool, daring, (mad?) literary contest
I ever heard of....
http://www.davidrozgonyi.com
Goat Trees: Tales from the Other Side of the
World (177pp., tpb, $14.95) takes the reader through the
lands that shaped its author, writer and traveler David Rozgonyi.
From the teeming North African cities and the desolate desert
wastelands of his birth, to his Hungarian ancestors practicing
their black magic on a girl struck by lightning, to the depths
of the south Pacific ocean, these tales paint vivid portraits
of faraway places, and the hopes and sorrows of the travelers
who haunt them. In the words of Viking and Knopf novelist Indira
Ganesan, David’s stories are “reminiscent of Balzac
and Paul Bowles—lushly told, with adventure and mystery
befitting the old fashioned tale.”
Following the old writer’s
adage, David isn’t content to just tell you about these
fantastic things—he wants to show them to you. That’s
why he’s talked his publisher (Wolverine Farm Press, a 501
(c) (3) company) into sponsoring the Goat Trees Travel Mate Contest.
How does it work? Simple, says David: “Buy the book; fill
out the form. Tell me where you want to go, and why. If you get
picked, I’m taking you there. Ten full days anywhere in
the world.” Is he qualified for such an undertaking? Born
in Tripoli, Libya, to Hungarian political refugees, David lived
in Africa and Europe before his parents settled in the U.S. The
small desert town of Socorro, New Mexico became home for a while,
followed by Bryan/College Station, Texas. Then it was off to Australia,
where David spent the formative years of his late teenaged years
ducking school, riding the trains, playing jazz and shooting pool.
Back to the states a few years ago, and he settled in northern
Colorado. He holds both U.S. and Hungarian passports, and they’ve
seen action in dozens of countries and on six continents even
before his twenty-second birthday. He just returned from a month
in Cambodia, and will be in India soon. This is why he looks at
you blankly when you ask him—so where’re you from?
David serves as fiction editor for two Colorado
literary magazines, Many Mountains Moving, and Matter
Journal, and his work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
More information, and world photography, can be found at the web
presence David maintains at www.davidrozgonyi.com.
To place orders for the book, contact: www.wolverinefarmpubl
ishing.org
ISBN 0-9741999-6-6
To arrange a book signing or interview,
contact David Rozgonyi at: Info@davidrozgonyi
.com
