Pacific Tremors (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard G. Stern
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1990’s
- Setting: Fiji, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Italy
- Principal Characters: Ezra Keneret, Marcia Keneret, Wendell Spear, Leet de Loor, Jennifer Abarbanel
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Parents and children, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, California, Los Angeles, West, U.S., Fathers, San Francisco, Films, movies, or motion pictures, Hollywood, Filmmaking or filmmakers, 1990’s, Italy or Italians, South Pacific
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Italy, Fiji
Pacific Tremors is a large-hearted narrative concerned with the human foundation beneath the glittering Hollywood facade. Stern explores the drive for success and the narcissism of the movie kingdom, while also considering the timeless verities of human experience. His creations are always more than they appear and their capacities for tenderness and sympathy dispel Hollywood stereotypes.
The novel begins in Fiji, where sixtyish Ezra Keneret, a director en route from a failed attempt to secure financing for a film, believes he has found cinema’s newest sensation, Leet de...
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