Random Acts of Heroic Love - Book Review |
 Random acts of heroic loveDanny Scheinmann Transworld Publishers 61-63 uxbridge road, London, W5 5SA First published 2007 ISBN 978-0-552-77422-2 Number of pages 428 Danny Scheinmann is a writer, actor and story teller. He has performed at the national theatre and in over thirty countries. His tours include story telling in Siberia and a year and a half working for an avant-garde theatre group creating shows with street children in Columbia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam. He also co-wrote and acted in the acclaimed independent film the west wittering affair. He was born and brought up in Manchester and now lives in London with his wife and three children. Random acts of heroic love in Danny Scheinmann first novel. This is a heartbreaking epic story of two lives sustained by the memory of love. Both character's voice remain separate and each are thoroughly convincing. The story starts in 1992 with Leo Deakin he wakes in hospital to discover that his girlfriend Eleni is dead. He doesn't know where he is or how she died. At the same time another story begins about Moritz Daniecki in 1917 who is determined to return to his love, Lotte. The book shows struggle to survive grief and the fight to survive illness for both characters, it contains quotations from Shakespeare and others. These are randomly placed within the book. It also contains pictures and maps these are also entries such as: Entry no.33 "and when he speaks, the voice of all the gods make heaven drowsy with harmony" (Shakespeare). This book is written is a poetic way, that entices it's readers in, making this a book you wouldn't want to put down. The story ends with a twist that wasn't expected. I enjoyed this book right to the end and can not wait to see what this author can come up with next. |