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Jonathan Kline<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Wisdom of Ashes & Standing at the Gate<\/h3>\n

194 Pages \/ Fiction<\/p>\n

978-1-956921-06-9<\/p>\n

(pbk. $19.95)\u00a0
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August, 2022 (Preorder pricing through the end of August.)<\/p>\n

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These two novels, The Wisdom of Ashes<\/i>, and its sequel, Standing at the Gate<\/i>. present two webs of tiny stories weaving light and dark, memory and forgetting, madness and war, with the smell of jasmine and the sound of cicadas in the New Orleans of the 1980s.\u00a0The Wisdom of Ashes<\/i> connects two poets, a nun, a black and white dog, and a huge red balloon, to a heroin addict, the devil, the dead, and a mousy little man who lives in the cemetery.\u00a0They return to touch edges with\u00a0a cross-dressing assassin, a fictional detective, a psych ward janitor, and a naked woman with a broken bike,\u00a0in Standing at the Gate<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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The author describes his book as \u2018a short novel in tiny stories.\u2019\u00a0 <\/span>That they create their own space is one of Wisdom<\/i> and the Gate<\/i>\u2019s many charms, with vivid characters and multiple plots, hard-boiled and lyrical at the same time. The locale is mostly the city of New Orleans; readers will know in a visceral way what it\u2019s like to be of and from this very peculiar city, with its rotting vegetation and broken concrete, emblematic of neglect that extends from the landscape through dwellings, places of commerce and worship, to the state of mind of all who come to life herein. And it is the characters, sketched deftly in their own words and the skillful simplicity of their actions and interactions, that drive this tale, taking us to worlds we may never have imagined, even though they are right under our noses. The richness of the humanity portrayed in these intertwining stories, following a twisted through-line, is what a reader will recall, embrace, remember long after closing the book<\/p>\n

\u2014Ralph Adamo<\/a><\/strong>, author of Ever<\/i><\/a> and All the Good Hiding Places<\/i><\/p>\n

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Jonathan Kline is the New Orleans literary scene\u2019s best kept secret. Kline is a master storyteller; the way he mixes prose with poetry is a joy to take in, a banquet for the heart and soul. There is a dark and ever-present magic hovering above the gritty realities of Kline\u2019s world. This work is Kerouac\u2019s \u201cRules of Spontaneous Prose\u201d incarnate.<\/p>\n

\u2014Louis Maistros<\/strong>, author of The Sound of Building Coffins<\/i><\/p>\n

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Jonathan Kline, the consummate story-teller, delivers a diorama of New Orleans that shows the universality of our pain and guilt. Here is an artist lending us his eyes and heart in a hauntingly beautiful prayer to the human abyss.\u00a0
\n\u2014Christian Champagne<\/strong>, author of\u00a0The Yat Dictionary<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jonathan Kline\u2019s\u00a0The Wisdom of Ashes<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is lagniappe for readers who know New Orleans intimately and for those who hunger for its carnivalesque secrets. This novel echoes the realism of Honor\u00e9 de Balzac, Mark Twain and Flannery O\u2019Connor; its texture is blessed by Saint Dymphna. Kline portrays his visions of the city\u2019s time, characters, climates, and rhythms with remarkable distinction.
\n\u2014Jerry W. Ward, Jr.<\/strong>, author of\u00a0The Katrina Papers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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