Description

On his way to a department store in Manhattan, 64-year-old businessman, Irving Caldman, is waiting at the intersection of Park Avenue with three other pedestrians, when a driver jumps the curb and runs them all over. The next thing Irving knows, he is no longer preparing for a trip to Paris with his wife. Instead, he is watching four faces as they ascend to heaven, on their way to be greeted by the angel Malakh. Accompanying Irving are an attractive personal shopper in her early fifties; a grandmother who works as a housemaid nearby; a twentysomething man who is an interior decorator; and the driver, a candy store owner and widower. Bound together for a week with Malakh, before their souls will be allowed to move on for judgment, Irving and his fellow victims must all tell the group their life stories, in order to evaluate and justify their earthly existence. As their insecurities and deepest secrets are exposed, they argue at length, and yet come to a strange peace, in this unexpected parable. I Never Saw Paris is a funny, moving, and thought-provoking look at the foibles and follies of an improbable group of New Yorkers.

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Copyright 2007 by Harry I. Freund. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review in a newspaper, magazine, or electronic publication; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other, without written permission from the publisher.

Previously published by Carroll & Graf Publishers, an imprint of Avalon Publishing Group.
Published in association with Da Capo Press.

Cover design by Whitney Cookman.

About the Author

Harry I. Freund is a prominent businessman, active in philanthropic work. His debut novel, Love With Noodles, was published by Carroll & Graf in 2005. He lives in New York City and Connecticut.

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Opening Lines (Experimental)

_As a shepherd tallies his flock, and makes each sheep pass beneath his staff, so dost Thou record and number and take account of every living soul, setting a limit to every creature’s life and passing sentence upon all of them_.
All right, so I listened to my wife. After all, I’ve been doing ...

Copyright

Copyright 2007 by Harry I. Freund.

All Rights Reserved.