Remembrance of Blue Roses
by Yorker Keith
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Pub Date Dec 01 2015 | Archive Date Apr 20 2016
Description
Remembrance of Blue Roses follows a man and a married couple in New York
City, whose intricate relationship oscillates among friendship, love,
love-triangle, and even obsession. Its romantic ambience is interwoven
with classical music, opera, art, family legend, and international
affairs, illuminating the lives of international civil servants at the
United Nations and the UN peacekeeping mission in Sarajevo, and those
with direct experience of the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the
Holocaust.
Mark, the narrator and an American, works for the United Nations in New York as a personnel officer; his friend, Hans, German, also works for the UN as an economist; and Yukari, Japanese and Hans’s wife, is a professional violinist. One day Mark encounters Hans and Yukari in a museum. As Hans enjoys opera singing and Mark is into painting, the three foster their friendship through classical music, opera, and art. Mark resists feeling drawn to his friend’s wife. One evening over dinner, they discover that their families were acquainted generations ago. This bonds them together. During the summer, inspired by the beauty of Yukari in her light blue dress at the UN garden, Hans and Mark secretly plant blue roses there for Yukari. The blue roses later blossom sumptuously. The three enjoy their blue roses, the symbol of their friendship and bond.
The story becomes complicated by the involvement of two other women: Mark’s ex-wife, Francine, a Swiss, who is remarried to another of Mark’s friends in the UN, Shem Tov, an Israeli; and Mark’s high school sweetheart, Jane, to whom he was briefly engaged. Francine encourages Mark to be happy with Yukari, while Jane now wants to marry Mark. Yukari becomes pregnant with Hans’s child and happily settles into her role as expectant mother. Mark, Hans, and Yukari celebrate New Year’s Eve at the height of their friendship and happiness. … Then a series of tragedies shatters their joy and alters their future forever.
Mark, the narrator and an American, works for the United Nations in New York as a personnel officer; his friend, Hans, German, also works for the UN as an economist; and Yukari, Japanese and Hans’s wife, is a professional violinist. One day Mark encounters Hans and Yukari in a museum. As Hans enjoys opera singing and Mark is into painting, the three foster their friendship through classical music, opera, and art. Mark resists feeling drawn to his friend’s wife. One evening over dinner, they discover that their families were acquainted generations ago. This bonds them together. During the summer, inspired by the beauty of Yukari in her light blue dress at the UN garden, Hans and Mark secretly plant blue roses there for Yukari. The blue roses later blossom sumptuously. The three enjoy their blue roses, the symbol of their friendship and bond.
The story becomes complicated by the involvement of two other women: Mark’s ex-wife, Francine, a Swiss, who is remarried to another of Mark’s friends in the UN, Shem Tov, an Israeli; and Mark’s high school sweetheart, Jane, to whom he was briefly engaged. Francine encourages Mark to be happy with Yukari, while Jane now wants to marry Mark. Yukari becomes pregnant with Hans’s child and happily settles into her role as expectant mother. Mark, Hans, and Yukari celebrate New Year’s Eve at the height of their friendship and happiness. … Then a series of tragedies shatters their joy and alters their future forever.
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Advance Praise
"The Remembrance of Blue Roses is a stellar read by a new novelist.
I was engaged from the very beginning and read obsessively to the end.
The complicated relationships shared by the main characters were not
only intriguing, but were interesting enough for me to hope that there
will somehow be more about them from this author. Readers who enjoy a
sophisticated and well-written book about the complexity of human
relationships will definitely enjoy The Remembrance of Blue Roses. I am
very pleased to recommend this book most highly. I certainly hope that
author Yorker Keith is hard at work on his next novel as we speak. I,
for one, would be in line to read it once it's available!" -- Tracy
Slowiak, Readers' Favorite
"I very much enjoyed Remembrance of Blue Roses. Author Yorker Keith has done a wonderful job in crafting a story line that will draw readers in from the very first page and will keep them reading until the very last page. His characters, especially the three that are the main focus of the story, are vividly drawn and seem to leap off the pages. Readers will have no problems in connecting with them, relating to them, and will continue to think of them long after the book is done. If that isn't a hallmark of a great author, I'm not sure what is. Any reader who enjoys a great work of fiction that's concisely drawn and tells a full story within a relatively short number of pages should absolutely read this book. I am pleased to recommend Remembrance of Blue Roses, and look forward to reading more from the very promising author, Yorker Keith, in the future." -- Chris Fischer, Readers' Favorite
"I very much enjoyed Remembrance of Blue Roses. Author Yorker Keith has done a wonderful job in crafting a story line that will draw readers in from the very first page and will keep them reading until the very last page. His characters, especially the three that are the main focus of the story, are vividly drawn and seem to leap off the pages. Readers will have no problems in connecting with them, relating to them, and will continue to think of them long after the book is done. If that isn't a hallmark of a great author, I'm not sure what is. Any reader who enjoys a great work of fiction that's concisely drawn and tells a full story within a relatively short number of pages should absolutely read this book. I am pleased to recommend Remembrance of Blue Roses, and look forward to reading more from the very promising author, Yorker Keith, in the future." -- Chris Fischer, Readers' Favorite
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About the author:
Yorker Keith lives in Manhattan, New York City. He holds an MFA in creative writing
from The New School. His literary works have been four times recognized in the William
Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition as a finalist or a semifinalist.
Yorker Keith lives in Manhattan, New York City. He holds an MFA in creative writing
from The New School. His literary works have been four times recognized in the William
Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition as a finalist or a semifinalist.
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| ISBN | 9781483559643 |
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