Author: Rodney Nelsestuen
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
I recently read The Epic of Gilgamesh, a story that predates Homer by 1500 years or more (Intro by NK Sandars in the Penguin Classics edition copyrighted 1972). The story was most likely a composite of decades, if not centuries, of oral storytelling which was finally written down (probably) first in Sumerian Cuneiform. Tablets were…
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Why Belize: A Novel of New Beginnings
My novel Why Belize will be available within the next couple of months. Kirkus Reviews gives it a “Buy it” recommendation. “Nelsestuen has a musical sense of language., his sentences capturing the rhythms of both the landscape and the people who move through it…” Kirkus Reviews. Here’s some insight to the novel: Forty-seven-year-old “Eileen Sologoski…
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Update to Pre-Order for Neighbors, A Novel
Taken from the Amazon pre-sale commentary regarding Neighbors: Global integration and increasing universal diversity have reached Eagles Pond. “Neighbors” is a story of contemporary America and the continuous and often unseen changes occurring in the everyday makeup of society, both social and economic, and their impact on a once comfortable and trusted way of life.…
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Neighbors: Now Available for Preorder
My novel Neighbors is now available for preorder in Kindle format, and will be in hard copy soon. The launch date for both is February 10, 2025. See Amazon: Neighbors, a novel preorder Neighbors, like my other novels has been a work of many years with the finished novel completed in 2008. Since then there…
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With Caution, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer
Over the past year and a half, I have been reading, and finally finished, Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. This is a book I do not take lightly. Nor do I take writing about it lightly. Originally published in Paris in 1934, the book was banned in the US. The life of the narrator (presumably…
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James, a novel by Percival Everett
In James, acclaimed author Percival Everett (previous novels have been finalists for the Booker Prize and the Pulitzer) reimagines Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn through the eyes of Jim, the slave runaway who traveled with Huck. With an interesting twist (and maybe a spoiler alert here) Jim is an educated man who can read and write and…
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Amazon Reader’s response to Too Many Stones
Rodney Nelsestuen brings to life a heroine unlike any other. He refuses to soften Evelyn Toraason’s trials and challenges, even as he uncovers for us her grace, wisdom and beauty. I was swept up in her story, and the wonderful way he has of telling it. Ratings on Amazon score 4.8. https://www.amazon.com/Too-Many-Stones-Rodney-Nelsestuen/dp/B0CQCBG8GP/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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James Baldwin and Why We Should Care
While today is 9/11 and the world is once again remembering a great evil that took place and the deaths of almost 3,000 people at the hands of terrorists, I am focused on a different aspect of ‘the tragic’ as I have recently read James Baldwin. During this past summer I read both “The Fire…
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New 5 Star Rating of Quiet Desperation
Here is an excerpt from the rating: “In Quiet Desperation, Rodney Nelsestuen’s narrative inspires the reader to a reflective and contemplative mood with an enhanced appreciation of life’s complexities. … a deeply touching story shedding light on the emotional and physical impact we experience but rarely express… …the detail and depth with which each character…
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Review of All the Broken Places by John Boyne
John Boyne is an accomplished Irish author with books published in as many as 50 languages and at least one made into a 2008 movie (per Wikipedia). This 2022 novel, All the Broken Places has endless praise from authors and critics alike. It takes an interesting angle at the issue of the Holocaust and its…
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