Blaze Pascal and the Courage of Being: An Epic Novel

Hold me close at theKhyber Pass between world and ground of being.Kiss me my loveat the border betweensacred and profane.Stand by me inthe drone-zone betweenfact and form.Such are the verses of the hero Blaze Pascal, and it is they that propel this novel forward. The author Kenneth Stephens says that the novel must be read slowly. It is philosophical and lyrical and musical throughout. Every page calls for a deep kind of thoughtfulness about the mystical life. His first novel, Blaze Pascal and the Courage of Being, is set in Los Angeles.It is philosophical, lyrical, and transcendent, written in free modernistic verse. Blaze Pascal is a philosopher and broods on the brokenness of the world. He is drawn to a Platonic mysticism of truth, compassion for all beings, and the courage to be in the face of non-being. But he is a lonely old soul who loves music and dancing. He tells no one of his night visits to the big city, the city of music, movie stars, and mean streets. It is tension between the bightroad of philosophical reflection and the dark road of human desire that drives the novel forward. It is a novel of big ideas, East and West. It risks pushing the boundaries of mainstream expectations in astonishing ways.

• | Author: Kenneth D. Stephens
• | Publisher: Adelaide Books
• | Publication Date: May 13, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 310 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1732074291
• | ISBN-13: 9781732074293