The Smoking Contest (Multilingual Edition) - Softcover

Keifetz, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1479734128 ISBN 13: 9781479734122

Publisher: XLIBRIS, 2012

Synopsis

Sparks fly in this amusing bi lingual love story between an American man who can t stand to be in smoking environments and a French woman who simply refuses to give up cigarettes He s a writer she a stage director trained in the Russian theatre but at present with no dramatic company of her own They meet in Paris at a time when smoking has been banned in France but also at the very moment a well financed commercial effort is afoot to bring back the past Cigarette and cosmetic companies unite to rekindle the joie de vivre of smoking in the public s consciousness In a homage the past the business interests stage a national smoking contest for women and our heroine decides to become a contestant much to the irritation of her American lover Their relationship is already in distress as our heroine suspects that her lover has betrayed her with at least two women

About this title

About the Author:

Norman Keifetz, who has published three novels, had plays performed, entertained readers with many short stories, is a surprising writer. A treat for readers who know his work and for those who come upon his writing for the first time. He's not a household name and it is puzzling why he doesn't have that kind of celebrity. If a good book is a cure for insomnia, he will keep you awake and thinking and wanting more. Mr. Keifetz has lectured on writing and the creative spirit over the years at book festivals and seminars around the country - in little cities and big - Glens Falls, NY, Las Cruces, NM, Cincinnati, OH, Chicago, IL -to name a few. He's published literary criticism, poetry, and has had plays produced. Sweet, Sour, and Sad is his first collection of unpublished works. His new bi-lingual novella, The Smoking Contest (in English and French), is on press. Mr. Keifetz was married to the late Joyce Engelson, a legendary editor in book publishing.And their daughter, Mandy Keifetz, was the fiction winner of the 2010 AWP Award Series with her novel, Flea Circus.

About this edition

• Publisher: XLIBRIS
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1479734128
• ISBN 13: 9781479734122
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174