Today I uploaded the manuscript of “The Stranger’s Enigma,” for publication. I plan to release the book on May 6, 2014 to coincide with Sigmund Freud’s birthday. This is my third book, and I hope to reach a good number of readers.
In pursuit of a cure for the doldrums of his midlife crisis, Dr. Daniel Brandon sets out to identify the protagonist of his dreams and unveil the enigma of his perpetual youth and joy. His quest takes him through the surreal labyrinth of the world of dreams where he stumbles into true love and discovers mankind’s best-kept secret, which has remained hidden one generation after another.
Set in a real waking world under the whimsical rule of the dream world, this novel engages readers in a romantic adventure full of fantasies. The elements of dream interpretation unfold throughout the narrative as if a manual for bridging the gap between these two worlds. The main characters’ funny responses to the situations and the author’s sense of humor help him to pull off this thought-provoking story. Until the very end, the smooth prose camouflages the seriousness of the issues at hand— the search for the person who lives in our own dreams and what we can learn from this character.
Dreams have been used extensively in literature, but I have never read any work that addresses the subject of dreams the way “The Stranger’s Enigma” does. The book uses the power of storytelling to address the meaning of dreams and whether, as Sigmund Freud believed, the main character in our dreams represents the person the dreamer would have liked to be if he’d been free from the censorship of his own mind.
The book has been edited by Cynthia Kegel, Ph. D., a psychologist specializing in dreams, and by Fred Shafer, a lecturer at Northwestern University and former editor of TriQuarterly. I should also acknowledge the work of my beta reader Hildi Goldstein who has made sure that not a single proofreading error skipped my eyes. This book has given me the chance to utilize my writing skills and my knowledge and experience in neurology, since I was a professor of neurology for more than thirty years.
My book should have a wide appeal; the target audience includes readers who will be interested in dreams and their interpretations, those who want to learn about psychology and how we become who we are, and people who like stories with a twist of paranormal experience or enjoy romance in a fantasy world.
The book is dedicated to my late friend Sherwin Geiderman who always believed in me.
