Jim's New York Novel

By Daniel Duncan

A young man, Jim Krenov, moves to New York City in the early 1960s to be a writer. The book he writes will stand for his self, a symbol of his identity. While living in New York, Jim takes a trip to Mexico. He returns with material, he believes, for a novel. The year is 1964, and Jim is called to the draft. His opposition to the Vietnam war is vehement. He struggles to keep his principles, but his refusal to serve leads to complications. That winter, reading H.D. Thoreau, Jim falls in love with nature and resolves to make a world for himself following the idea of the deliberate life. He writes daily, seeking to express the truth and beauty he experienced in Mexico. After working in several bookstores, he and a friend start a painting company, giving Jim a taste of independence. An unexpected visit from his father-a reenlisted Navy Chief assigned to Vietnam-precipitates a crisis in Jim's writing. His love affair with New York gets caught in the tailspin and his life in the city begins to unravel. He realizes New York will never be the midwife he needs, neither for his writing nor his self. He sets out for the country where he hopes to find a new life in the midst of woods and streams far away from the city.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1545193835
• ISBN13: 9781545193839
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.9" x 5.0"