"Here is an intriguing little book set in an unspecified era
against the backdrop of a remote Eastern European village,....think
of The Carpenter of Auguliere by D. Wayne Dworsky as a cross
between Clint Eastwood's "The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly," and
"Fiddler on the Roof." . . . .It works well as entertaining
reading, and the author's fine mind keeps you enthralled" was the
word from Foreword Clarion reviews.
“In a story whose telling reflects the simplicity of a folklore
tale, The Carpenter of Auguliere begins… The simplicity of the
telling is straightforward, as if it has been told over and over…”
---Chevy Chaser/Southsider Magazines.
"The excitement of rediscovering fear, anger and hate with a
backdrop of loss, reminds us that we are still human and still
vulnerable" remarked Cynthia Rider, of RiderCreations.com
And "At last, an old fashioned story not based on sex or violence.
In this remote village, the ageless struggles of good and evil
never lost their grip" commented Barry W. Metcalf, author of
Nightmare in Alice Springs.
“It came to me in a dream, it woke me up in the middle of the
night, it persisted in my mind, it demanded to be written,” says
Dworsky on the Morton Mecklosky Talk Show on WUSB 90.1 FM June 26,
2006.
In September, 2006 The Carpenter of Auguliere was featured in The Author's Spotlight of AtlasBooks.com
October 2006 Chevy Chaser/South Sider (Entire Review)
The Carpenter of Auguliere
by D. Wayne Dworsky
2006--Concrete Jungle Press
Hardback
In a story whose telling reflects the simplicity of a folklore tale,
The Carpenter of Auguliere begins in the tiny town of
Auguliere nestled among green fields of tea, the only thing that
seems to thrive in the dismal days of a drought the town is
experiencing. The townspeople are reserved and skittish, fearing
always the arrival of "the landlord" --the man who owns a majority of
the land and its buildings, and is merciless in his collection of
their rubles to cover their taxes and rent. It is the arrival of
Gilbert O'Sullivan in a horse-drawn cart that signals the air of
change as he unloads his carpenter tools and begins the making of
a new life.
Madeleine, a young woman fearing her life will waste away in
Auguliere, is the main character and sole caretaker of her dying
father. It is her friends Vladimir and Agafon who lift her sagging
spirits and their eventual friendship with Gilbert offers the eyes
through which we are told the tale. As the complexion of the tiny
village seems to improve, the setbacks reign upon them. As time
moves on the mystery of the landlord and his family unwinds.
The simplicity of the telling is straightforfward, as if it has
been told over and over--and it is no surprise when author
D. Wayne Dworsky admits that he is retelling a story told to him
by young Madeleine's father (or someone quite like him), for he
was his grandfather.
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